Bu*reau"crat (&?;), n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
{ Bu`reau*crat"ic (&?;), Bu`reau*crat"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. bureaucratique.] Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.
Bu*reau"cra*tist (&?;), n. An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
Bur"el (&?;), n. & a. Same as Borrel.
||Bu*rette" (&?;), n. [F., can, cruet, dim. of buire flagon.] (Chem.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.
Bur" fish` (&?;). (Zoöl.) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.
Burg (&?;), n. [AS. burh, burg, cf. LL. burgus. See 1st Borough.] 1. A fortified town. [Obs.]