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inburst en · NOUN

Etymology

From in + burst.

Meanings

1. A bursting in or into.
   • In every alluvial mine which in the opintion of an inspector is liable to any inundation or inburst of water such additional rises chambers drives and other workings or any of them shall be constructed as may seem necessary and as may be ordered by the Governor in Council for the escape of workmen from the lower workings or to ensure their safety in every such mine during the period of any inundation or inburst of water in such mine. 1901, Henry J. Armstrong, A Treatise on the Law of Gold-mining in Australia and New Zealand, page 581:
   • Then there is a second inburst of sunburnt sickle-men or reapers, as if in harvest-time; and the nymphs and the reapers join in a graceful dance. 1914, David Masson, Rosaline Masson, Shakespeare Personally, page 188:
   • It is necessary, in soft country especially, to exercise great care not to bore the hole too large for the tube, as the water would then get outside the tube, and should there be much pressure, the water would scour the hole large enough to permit an inburst of sand. 1901, Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, page 66:
   • The circumstances attending an inburst of waste-water, which took place at Wallyford colliery, near Musselburgh, on September 24th, 1903, are somewhat unusual, and it is thought that it might be of interest to put them on record. 1906, Robert Thomas Moore, “An Inburst of Waste-Water at Wallyford Colliery”, in Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers, page 10:
   • It is an inburst or irruption that characterizes the appearance of anything belonging to the Mind. 1956, William S. Haas, The Destiny of the Mind, East and West, page 122:

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Synonyms

inbursting