Bourse, or Boree, a kind of dance composed of three steps joined together in two motions, begun with a crotchet rising. The first couplet contains twice four measures, the second twice eight. It consists of a balance and couplet.

BURR-PUMP, or Bilge-Pump, differs from the common pump, in having a staff 6, 7, or 8 feet long, with a bar of wood, whereunto the leather is nailed, and this serves instead of a box. So two men, standing over the pump, thrust down this staff, to the middle whereof is fastened a rope, for 6, 8, or 10 to hale by, thus pulling it up and down.

BURROCK, a small weir or dam, where wheels are laid in a river, for the taking of fish.