BURIAL, BURIED, BURY
ADJECTIVES
1350 ► UNDER GRASS → UNDER GRASSES buried; in the grave
1405 ► FUNERAL relating to the ceremonial burial or cremation of the dead; observed, delivered, etc., at a funeral → obs.
1450 ► DOWEN buried → obs.
1471 ► CONTUMULATE buried together; laid in the same tomb → obs.
1511 ► HUMATE buried, interred → obs.
1727 ► BUSTAL relating to burial or to the grave; funereal → obs.
1808 ► LOW dead and buried; lying in the ground → obs. poetic usage
1821 ► YERD → YIRD buried → Sc.
1871 ► DEAD AND GONE dead and buried → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► UNDER BOARD dead and buried → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1900 ► DEAD AND GONE BACK dead and buried → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DEAD AND HAPPED UP dead and buried → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DEAD AND LOW LAID dead and buried → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► DOWN SOUTH buried; hidden; in one’s pocket → Aust. sl.
1915 ► DOG TAG ON FILE dead and buried → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► SEWED IN A BLANKET dead and buried → World War I Amer. sl.
1942 ► AGED IN WOOD dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BASKETED dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BENEATH dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BOXED UP dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► COUNTING DAISY ROOTS dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► COUNTING WORMS dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GONE TO GRASS dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GONE TO POT dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► IN COLD STORAGE → IN STORAGE dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► IN THE DUSTBIN dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PACKED UP dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PLANTED dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► POTTED dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUSHING UP DAISIES dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUT UNDER dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SALTED AWAY → SALTED DOWN dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TAKING A GROUND SWEAT dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TAKING AN EARTH BATH dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► UNDER dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► UNDER GLASS dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► UNDER HATCHES dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► WITH A GARDEN ON THE STOMACH dead and buried → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
..890 ► BURINESS a burying, burial, sepulture → obs.
1297 ► BURYING a burial; a funeral, an interment
1300 ► EARTHING burial → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1300 ► EARTHING the state of being buried → obs.
1480 ► LYING the state of being buried → obs.
..17C ► GROUND SWEAT burial in a grave; a grave → sl.
1635 ► HUMATION burial, interment → obs.
1656 ► POLLINCTURE a washing, anointing, or otherwise preparing a dead body for cremation or burial → obs.
1846 ► CONTUMULATION a burying together
1864 ► HAPPING-UP a burial → Eng. dial.
1890 ► BACK-BREED a burial allotment → Sc.
1895 ► YIRDING burial, interment → Sc.
1950 ► COFFIN MONEY burial insurance → Amer. dial.
1991 ► TAPHEPHOBIA → TAPHIPHOBIA → TAPHOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of being buried alive (Bk.)
2003 ► DEAD YARD a ceremony after burial in the deceased’s yard → Jamaica
2006 ► THE DEEP SIX burial at sea → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1832 ► BURIALER a person who assists at a burial
1965 ► MEAT MAN the person who prepares a dead body for burial → Amer. dial.
PHRASES
1440 ► PUT TO ONE’S FATHERS to be dead and buried → obs.
VERBS
..950 ► SMEAR to prepare a dead body with unguents before burial → obs.
1000 ► BEBURY to bury; to entomb → obs.
1000 ► BEDELVE → BIDELVE to bury → obs.
1000 ► BEGRAVE to bury a corpse, treasure, etc. → obs.
1300 ► LAY TO SLEEP to bury; to put in the last resting-place
1340 ► LAY TO BED to bury; to put in the last resting-place → obs.
1375 ► EARTH to bury; to commit a corpse to the earth → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1382 ► BE GATHERED TO ONE’S FATHERS → SLEEP WITH ONE’S FATHERS to be dead and buried
1387 ► BRING ONE TO THE EARTH to bury → obs.
1425 ► LAY LOW to bury; to lay in the ground → arch.
1500 ► PUT AWAY to bury; to dispose of the remains of a dead person → colloq.
1500 ► TYRE to inter, to bury → Sc. obs.
1541 ► OBRUTE to bury; to cover over → obs.
1548 ► FUNERATE to bury with funeral rites → obs.
1581 ► LAY UP to bury → obs.
1597 ► LAY FULL LOW to bury; to lay in the ground → arch.
..17C ► TAKE A GROUND SWEAT to be buried → sl.
1623 ► CONTUMULATE to bury or entomb together → obs.
1773 ► LAIR to bury → Sc.
1787 ► BESTOW to bury; to put away carefully, to dispose of → Eng. dial.
1848 ► PUT THE DAISY-QUILT OVER SOME ONE to bury, to put into a grave → Ireland
1854 ► TEAL → TEEL to bury in the earth; to bury → Eng. dial.
1855 ► PLANT to bury → sl., orig. US
1858 ► BE PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL to be buried → N. Ireland
1885 ► LAY AWAY to bury → Amer. dial.
1893 ► BE UNDER THE DAISY-MORES to be buried; to be under the ground → Eng. dial.
1900 ► LIE UNDERSOD to be buried → Eng. dial.
1927 ► LAY A CORPSE to be laid out for burial → Amer. dial.
.M20 ► DEEP SIX to bury someone or something → US
1981 ► LAY CORPSE to be laid out for burial → Amer. dial.
1990 ► TAKE A DIRT NAP to be buried → African-American sl.