An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 128
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 128
This name is also given, S. to the Polygonum convolvulus, which in Sw. is called _Binda_.
BUR, _s._ The cone of the fir, S. B.
Su. G. _barr_ denotes the leaves or needles of the pine.
BUR-THRISSIL, _s._ The spear-thistle, S. Carduus lanceolatus.
_Bur-thistle_, id. A. Bor.
_To_ BURBLE, _v. n._ To purl.
_Hudson._
Teut. _borbel-en_, scaturire.
BURCH, BWRCH, BUROWE, _s._ Borough, town.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _baurgs_; A. S. _burg_, _burh_, _buruh_, id.
BURD, _s._ A lady, a damsel.
V. ~Bird~.
BURD, BURDE, _s._ Board, table.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _baurd_, a.s.ser, tabula, A. S. _bord_, id.
~Burdclaith~, _s._ A tablecloth, S. Westmorel., id.
_Dunbar._
From _burd_, and _claith_, cloth.
BURDALANE, _s._ A term used to denote one who is the only child left in a family; q. _bird alone_, or, solitary; _burd_ being the p.r.o.n. of _bird_.
_Maitland MSS._
BURDE, _s._ Ground, foundation.
Su. G. _bord_, a footstool.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
BURDE, _s._ A strip, properly an ornamental salvedge; as a "_burde_ of silk," a salvedge of silk.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _borda_, limbus vel praetexta; unde _silkesborda_, cingulum seric.u.m vel limbus; _gullbord_, limbus aureus; Teut. _boord_, limbus.
BURDYN, _adj._ Wooden, of or belonging to _boards_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _bord_, S. _burd, buird_, a board, a plank.
BURDING, _s._ Burden.
V. ~Birth, Byrth~.
_Montgomerie._
BURDINSECK.
V. ~Berthinsek~.
BURDIT, _part. pa._ Stones are said to be _burdit_, when they split into lamina, S. perhaps from _burd_, a board; q. like wood divided into thin planks.
BURDLY, BUIRDLY, _adj._ Large and well-made, S. The E. word _stately_ is used as synon.
_Burns._
Isl. _burdur_, the habit of body, strength, propriae vires; _afburdur menn_, excellent men.
BURDON, BURDOUN, BURDOWNE, _s._
1. A big staff, such as pilgrims were wont to carry.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bourdon_, a pilgrims staff; O. Fr. _bourde_, a baton; Isl.