3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burke \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the
crime in 1829.]
1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of
violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold
for dissection.
2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to
smother; to shelve; as to burke a parliamentary question.
The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by
such a mass of a affidavits. --C. Reade.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
burke
v 1: murder without leaving a trace on the body
2: get rid of silence, or suppress; "burke an issue" [syn: {silence}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burke, KY
Zip code(s): 41171
Burke, NY (village, FIPS 11154)
Location: 44.90336 N, 74.17088 W
Population (1990): 209 (93 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12917
Burke, SD (city, FIPS 8700)
Location: 43.18302 N, 99.29251 W
Population (1990): 756 (392 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Burke, TX (city, FIPS 11380)
Location: 31.22831 N, 94.76924 W
Population (1990): 314 (129 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Burke, VA (CDP, FIPS 11464)
Location: 38.78024 N, 77.27206 W
Population (1990): 57734 (18812 housing units)
Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22015
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