burbast

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BUR'BAST, noun A different orthography of bombast, which see.] 1. A cloth made by sewing one stuff upon another; patchwork. 2. Linen stuffed with cotton; stuffing; waddling. BUM'BLE BEE, noun [Latin bombus, a buzzing.] A large bee, sometimes called humble bee; so named from it sound.
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