Burg"age (&?;), n. [From Burg: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium.] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.
Bur"gall (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.
Bur"ga*mot (&?;), n. See Bergamot.
Bur"ga*net (&?;), n. See Burgonet.
Bur"gee (&?;), n. 1. A kind of small coat.
2. (Naut.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
Bur*geois" (bûr*jois"), n. (Print.) See 1st Bourgeois.
||Bur*geois" (br*zhwä"), n. A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois. [R.] Addison.
Bur"geon (&?;), v. i. To bud. See Bourgeon.
Bur"gess (&?;), n. [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st Borough, and cf. 2d Bourgeois.] 1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. Blackstone.
"A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city." Burrill.