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Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (n.) In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail..

Roxburgh :: Roxburgh (n.) A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut..

Burghbote :: Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

Burghmaster :: Burghmaster (n.) A burgomaster.

Lushburg :: Lushburg (n.) See Lussheburgh.

Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough..

Gardyloo :: Gardyloo (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh..

Lussheburgh :: Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called..

Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess the true religion professed within the realm), the opposite party being called antiburghers..

Burghership :: Burghership (n.) The state or privileges of a burgher.

Burghbrech :: Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.

Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..

Burghmaster :: Burghmaster (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster..

Burghal :: Burghal (a.) Belonging to a burgh.

Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..

Burghermaster :: Burghermaster (n.) See Burgomaster.

Splanchnapophyses :: Spitzenburgh (n.) A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island..

Burgomaster :: Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster..

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