Burkism

The practice of quietly murdering people, in order to sell their bodies for di ection. Burk's Garden, in Virginia, a P. O. of Tazewell co. Burl, ( berl ,) v. a. [From burr .] To remove burs, knots, loose thread, . from cloth. - Manf . To dre cloth as fullers do. -A knot in thread or cloth.