10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIRSLE»
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
The act of pressing; the pressure made bya crowd ; as,“ We had an awi'u' birse,”S
. To BIRSLE, Bms'rLn, Bnxssns, r. a. 1. To burn slightly; to broil; to parch by
means of fire; as, to birsle peas, S. Douglas. 2. To scorch; referring to the heat of
the ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
A bruise, S. To BIRSLE, BIRSTLE, BRISSLE, v. a. 1. To burn slightly, to broil, to
parch by means of fire ; as, to birsle pease, S. Douglas. 2. To scorch ; referring to
the heat of the sun, S. Douglas. 3. To warm at a lively fire, S. A. Bor. hrusle, id. Su.
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
... lifie, keen, birkie. briskly gleglie. bristle noun birse, birsle; bristles birse. verb
birsle; (of hair etc) stert. bristly jaggie, jabbie, stobbie NE. brittle brickle, bruckle, (
of wood etc) frush, freuch NE; (of ice etc) crumpie, crumshie NE; (of pastry etc)
free, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
A bruise, S. To BIRSLE, Birstle, Brissle, v. a. l. To burn slightly, to broil, to parch by
means of fire ; as, to birsle pease, S. The battellis war adionit now of new, Not in
manere of landwart folkis bargane, — Nor blunt styngis of the brissillit tre. Doug.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
To BIRSLE, v. a. 1. To burn slightly, &c] Add, after A. Bor. brusle, id. " To dry ; as,
The sun brusles the hay, i. e. dries it : and brusled peas, i. e. parch'd pease."
Birsle, s. 1. A hasty toasting, &c. S.] Add; 2. Apparently that which is toasted. " Ye
wad ...
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An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the ...
BIBS 1550 birsit P “he was bursit with the buttes” 2 birsle, burn slightly, J. birsle,
sb. J. birst, brunt, J. birst, v n. weep, J. birt, sb. W. 1356 birth, sb. 1, 2 1600 1614
birth, child 2 1315 birth, nation 1 1787 birth, sleeping place 3 1616 birth, pain 2 ...
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On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
1550 birsit P “ he was bursit with the buttes" 2 birsle, burn slightly, J. birsle, sb. J.
birst, brunt, J. birst, v n. weep, J. birt, sb. W. 1356 birth, sh. 1, 2 1600 1614 birth,
child 2 1315 birth, nation 1 1787 birth, sleeping place 3 1616 birth, pain 2 birth, ...
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
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Transactions of the Philological Society
(Additional to Jamieson.) Binkart, n. a heap of any kind of matter, as stones, clay,
dirt, etc. Augmentative of bink. Birsle, n. a thorough warming ; as, " The bairn's
caul' ; sit doon afore the fire, and gee't a gueede birsle." (Additional to Jamieson).
Philological Society (Great Britain), 1866
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The Dialect of Banffshire: With a Glossary of Words Not in ...
BINKART, n. a heap of any kind of matter, as stones, clay, dirt, etc. Augmentative
of bink. BIRSLE, it. a thorough warming; as, “The bairn's caul'; sit doon afore the
fire, and gee't a gueede birsle.” (Additional to Jamieson). BIRsLIN', a. completely
...
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Transactions of the Philological Society
BIRSLE, n. a thorough warming; as, “The bairn's caul'; sit doon afore the fire, and
gee't a gueede birsle.” (Additional to Jamieson). BI1zsLrN', a. completely dry; so
dry as to be rustling; as, “ Will the corn lead the day ? Oo, i, it's jist birslin'.
Philological Society (London), 1865
