burley /ˈbɜː(ɹ)li/noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •(US) A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.The price received by farmers at the auctions for burley has decreased, other conditions being about average, around 1.45 cents for each 10-million-pound increase in the production of burley — 1952 •(Australia, New-Zealand) Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish.Fish will swim up your burley trail looking for the source which should be where your baits are placed, instead of dumping a heap of burley at once where the fish will feed on it quickly and move on. — 2018 adjective1 •Burlesque.It can vary anywhere from burley (burlesque) to Phi Beta Kappa. […] — 2018 formsburleys