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bur·ley

 (bûr′lē)
n. pl. bur·leys
A light-colored tobacco grown chiefly in Kentucky and used especially in making cigarettes.

[Probably from the name Burley.]
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burley

(ˈbɜːlɪ)
n, vb
(Fishing) a variant spelling of berley

burley

(ˈbɜːlɪ)
n
(Plants) a light thin-leaved tobacco, grown esp in Kentucky
[C19: probably from the name Burley]
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bur•ley

(ˈbɜr li)

n., pl. -leys. (often cap.)
an American tobacco with thin leaves and light color, grown esp. in Kentucky and nearby regions, used mostly in cigarettes.
[1880–85, Amer.]
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burley


Past participle: burleyed
Gerund: burleying

Imperative
burley
burley
Present
I burley
you burley
he/she/it burleys
we burley
you burley
they burley
Preterite
I burleyed
you burleyed
he/she/it burleyed
we burleyed
you burleyed
they burleyed
Present Continuous
I am burleying
you are burleying
he/she/it is burleying
we are burleying
you are burleying
they are burleying
Present Perfect
I have burleyed
you have burleyed
he/she/it has burleyed
we have burleyed
you have burleyed
they have burleyed
Past Continuous
I was burleying
you were burleying
he/she/it was burleying
we were burleying
you were burleying
they were burleying
Past Perfect
I had burleyed
you had burleyed
he/she/it had burleyed
we had burleyed
you had burleyed
they had burleyed
Future
I will burley
you will burley
he/she/it will burley
we will burley
you will burley
they will burley
Future Perfect
I will have burleyed
you will have burleyed
he/she/it will have burleyed
we will have burleyed
you will have burleyed
they will have burleyed
Future Continuous
I will be burleying
you will be burleying
he/she/it will be burleying
we will be burleying
you will be burleying
they will be burleying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been burleying
you have been burleying
he/she/it has been burleying
we have been burleying
you have been burleying
they have been burleying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been burleying
you will have been burleying
he/she/it will have been burleying
we will have been burleying
you will have been burleying
they will have been burleying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been burleying
you had been burleying
he/she/it had been burleying
we had been burleying
you had been burleying
they had been burleying
Conditional
I would burley
you would burley
he/she/it would burley
we would burley
you would burley
they would burley
Past Conditional
I would have burleyed
you would have burleyed
he/she/it would have burleyed
we would have burleyed
you would have burleyed
they would have burleyed
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"I'm all at sea, what of you two burleys breaking my husband's arms, then seeing him home and holding a love-fest with him."
There exist guns, according to Fulton, perfected in England by Philip Coles and Burley, in France by Furcy, and in Italy by Landi, which are furnished with a peculiar system of closing, which can fire under these conditions.
Yet, Wordsworth's "Laodamia," and the ode of "Dion," and some sonnets, have a certain noble music; and Scott will sometimes draw a stroke like the portrait of Lord Evandale given by Balfour of Burley. Thomas Carlyle, with his natural taste for what is manly and daring in character, has suffered no heroic trait in his favorites to drop from his biographical and historical pictures.
Sometimes, when much excited with his subject, he had an odd way - compounded of John Bunyan, and Balfour of Burley - of taking his great quarto Bible under his arm and pacing up and down the pulpit with it; looking steadily down, meantime, into the midst of the congregation.