n. The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush;
v. i.
From the egg that soon
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak:
And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
A resolved villain
Whose bowels suddenly burst out. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso). [ 1913 Webster ]
Bursting charge.
n.
Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. of Burst, v. i. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One that bursts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
From the egg that soon
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak:
And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
A resolved villain
Whose bowels suddenly burst out. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso). [ 1913 Webster ]
Bursting charge.
n.
Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. of Burst, v. i. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One that bursts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]