n. An obsolete spelling of borough.n. A barrow; a mound. Sir T. Browne. See barrow.n. In mining, the heap of refuse rock at the mouth of a shaft, or entrance of an adit-level or tunnel.n. A hole in the ground excavated by an animal, as a rabbit or a marmot, as a refuge and habitation.n. [Perhaps in ref. to the usually circular shape of mounds; cf. the equiv. Sc. brough, otherwise referred to burrow = borough = brough, q. v. In mod. English dial. abbr. burr.] A circle. Compare bur, burr, 2.To make a hole or burrow to lodge in, as in the earth; work a way into or under something.To lodge in a burrow; in a more general sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place; hide.To perforate with a burrow or as with burrows.n. A variant of borrow.