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Definition of Burking

Burking
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.

Meaning of Burking from wikipedia

- the term burking is often ascribed to a killing method that involves simultaneous smothering and compression of the torso. The term "burking" comes from...
- Germany Burk, a neighborhood of Forchheim (Oberfranken), Bavaria, Germany Burk (name), given name and surname Burk House (disambiguation) Burking, a particular...
- Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964) is an American former outfielder. Burks pla**** in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons with five teams. He...
- Charlotte Gentry Burks (born October 3, 1942) is a farmer and Democratic party politician in Tennessee who represented the 15th district as State Senator...
- biochemistry, the Lineweaver–Burk plot (or double reciprocal plot) is a graphical representation of the Lineweaver–Burk equation of enzyme kinetics, described...
- George A. Burk (born 9 July 1941) is a retired captain in the United States Air Force, writer and motivational speaker. Burk was the sole survivor of an...
- Burks is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Alec Burks (born 1991), American basketball player who plays shooting guard and currently plays...
- Alec Burks (born July 20, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball ****ociation (NBA). He...
- Henry Burk (September 26, 1850 – December 5, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Philadelphia businessman...
- Leslie Robert Burks, A.S.C. (July 4, 1909 – May 11, 1968) was an American cinematographer who worked in a variety of film genres and collaborated several...