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--Burke

3 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Burke \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the
   crime in 1829.]
   1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of
      violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold
      for dissection.
   2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to
      smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
            The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by
            such a mass of a affidavits.          --C. Reade.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
burke
     v 1: murder without leaving a trace on the body
     2: get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue" [syn: {silence}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]
Burke, KY
  Zip code(s): 41171
Burke, NY (village, FIPS 11154)
  Location: 44.90336 N, 74.17088 W
  Population (1990): 209 (93 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 12917
Burke, SD (city, FIPS 8700)
  Location: 43.18302 N, 99.29251 W
  Population (1990): 756 (392 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Burke, TX (city, FIPS 11380)
  Location: 31.22831 N, 94.76924 W
  Population (1990): 314 (129 housing units)
  Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Burke, VA (CDP, FIPS 11464)
  Location: 38.78024 N, 77.27206 W
  Population (1990): 57734 (18812 housing units)
  Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 22015

--Burke

3 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Burke \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the
   crime in 1829.]
   1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of
      violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold
      for dissection.
   2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to
      smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
            The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by
            such a mass of a affidavits.          --C. Reade.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
burke
     v 1: murder without leaving a trace on the body
     2: get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue" [syn: {silence}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]
Burke, KY
  Zip code(s): 41171
Burke, NY (village, FIPS 11154)
  Location: 44.90336 N, 74.17088 W
  Population (1990): 209 (93 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 12917
Burke, SD (city, FIPS 8700)
  Location: 43.18302 N, 99.29251 W
  Population (1990): 756 (392 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Burke, TX (city, FIPS 11380)
  Location: 31.22831 N, 94.76924 W
  Population (1990): 314 (129 housing units)
  Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Burke, VA (CDP, FIPS 11464)
  Location: 38.78024 N, 77.27206 W
  Population (1990): 57734 (18812 housing units)
  Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 22015