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Definition of Inburst
1. n. A bursting in or into.
Definition of Inburst
1. Noun. A bursting in or into. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inburst
1. the act of bursting inward [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inburst
Literary usage of Inburst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mining Engineer (1906)
"The cause of the inburst was evidently the disintegration of the friable coal
and fire-clay round No. 2 bore-hole. No doubt, much of the opening was made by ..."
2. The Severn Tunnel: Its Construction and Difficulties: 1872-1887 by Thomas Andrew Walker (1890)
"A council of war was held, and it being the opinion of all that the inburst of
the water might be from a subterranean reservoir, which would shortly exhaust ..."
3. The Geology of the Goldfields of British Guiana by John Burchmore Harrison, Frank Fowler, Charles Wilgress Anderson (1908)
"... in the opinion of the Commissioner, or Warden or Mining Inspector, liable to
an inundation or inburst of water, such additional rises, chambers, drives, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Gold-mining in Australia and New Zealand by Henry J. Armstrong (1901)
"In every alluvial mine which in the opinion of an inspector is liable to any
inundation or inburst of water such additional rises chambers drives and other ..."
5. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"Disappearing Gun-Carriage«.* (19) Nov. 88. Mining. Description of Houldsworth
Colliery, Dalmellington.* William Smith. (59) Vol.27, Ft. I. An inburst of ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Like the infinite inburst of water; or say rather, of inflammable, self-igniting
fluid; for example, " turpentine-and-phosphorus oil," — fluid known to ..."
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