underbury

verb

Etymology

From under- + bury.

  1. derived from *bʰergʰ-
  2. inherited from *burgijaną
  3. inherited from *burgijan
  4. inherited from byrġan
  5. inherited from birien
  6. prefixed as underbury — “under + bury

Definitions

  1. To bury beneath

    To bury beneath; bury under.

    • When the marriage act was mooted, Keith swore that he would revenge himself upon the bishops, by taking some acres of land for a burying-ground, and underburying them all.
    • [...] he married sixty-one couples and, vowing eternal vengeance on bishops, bought several acres of land for burials, threatening to underbury them all.

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