10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUIRDLY»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
BURDLY, Buirdly, adj. Large and well-made; S. The E. word stately is used as
synon. A buirdly man, one who is stout in appearance. Ye maist wad think, a wee
touch langer, An' they maun starve o' cauld and hunger ; But, how it comes, ...
2
The Edinburgh monthly magazine [afterw.] Blackwood's ...
He's my bubbly-jock." Buirdly, strong and stalwart, hearty, well-built : — " Buirdly
chiels [fellows] . . . Are bred in sic a way as this is." —Burns: Ttie Twa Dogs.
Capernoyty, peevish, crabbed, of singular and uncertain humour. — Jamieson.
3
The Complete Works of Robert Burns Part Five
... o' masters, Ye maist wad think a wee touch langer An' they maun starve o'
cauld and hunger; But, how it comes, I never kenn'd yet, They're maistly wonderfu
' contented: An' buirdly chiels, an' clever hizzies, Are bred in sic a way as this is.
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The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
Updated Edition BUGBEAR 102. BUGBEAR -; bugbears bulger, BUGEYE -;
bugeyes bulges BUGGED - BUGGER -; buggers BUGGER -; buggers, BUGGIER
- buggest BUGGING BUGGIER -; - BULGLE -; bulgurs BUGGIES -; buggiest
BULGY ...
5
A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of ...
The Lowland Scottish is buirdly. Burns speaks of oatmeal porridge as the food of
buirdly chiefs and bonnie lasses. Iden, in the estimation of Jack Cade, was
evidently a " buirdly chiel ;" and English etymology has been at fault with the word
...
Bughtin, folding [i.e. gathering sheep into the fold]: “tells bughtin time is near, my
jo,' iii. 284. 2. Buirdly, (1) stout, stalwart: 'buirdly chiels,' i. 12. 15; (2) stately: “a filly
buirdly,' i. 100. I4. Bum, the buttocks: “many a tatter'd rag hanging over my bum ...
Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, 1896
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Guy Mannering: Or, the Astrologer
... 'Do you see that blackit and broken end of a sheeling? -—- there my kettle
boiled for forty years — there I bore twelve buirdly sons and da_ughters — where
are they now? — where are the leaves that were on that auld ash-tree at
Martinmas ...
Thou ance was i' the foremost rank, A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank, An' set weel
down a shapely shank As e'er tread yird; An' could ha'e flown out-owre a stank
Like onie bird. It's now some nine-an'-twenty year Sin' thou was my guid-father's ...
William Grant, James Main Dixon, 2013
Brither, brother. Brock, abadger. Brogue,atrick. Brunstane, brimstone. Buirdly,
stout, stalwart. Bum, to hum. Bumclock,a humming beetle. Burdie, dim. of
birdorburd (a lady), a maiden. Burn, arivulet. Burnewin, the blacksmith (i.e. burn
the wind).
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The North American Review
years—there I bore twelve buirdly sons and daughters—where are they now ?—
where are the leaves that were on that auld ash-tree at Martinmas ?—the west
wind has made it bare, and I'm stripped too. Do you see that saugh tree ?—it's but
...
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