2. Noun. Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burley
1. a light tobacco [n -LEYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burley
Literary usage of Burley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1872)
"This Mr. burley," says Bishop Lyttelton (in the account of his family printed in
... 1779), " was of the same bouse with Sir William burley, Warden of the ..."
2. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"Whitaker, whose antipathies to manufacture and industries were only equalled by
his love of natural beauty, considered burley a delightful village, ..."
3. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and by William Richard Cutter (1908)
"Mr. burley has been an exemplary citizen, active in works of charity and benevolence
... Mr. burley was president of the National Bank of Wolfe- borough, ..."
4. Industrial Combinations and Trusts by William Harrison Spring Stevens (1913)
"Neither the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. nor the P. Lorillard Co. orl the RJ
Reynolds Tobacco Co. requires any appreciable quantity of this common red burley ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion of the court: On the 17th day of October,
1879, burley, the assignee, filed m the same court, but witb- out leave, ..."
6. A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"burley, which lies almost exactly half-way between Otley and Ilkley, is a striking
example of the fact that it is never wise to prophesy, even in general ..."
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