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burra, burrae,
burrae [bʌrə, bʌre]
n. A burrow.
n. A burrow.
burrian,
burrian [SW. U. ˈbʌrɪən]
n. The red-throated diver Gavia stellata.
n. The red-throated diver Gavia stellata.
bursar, bursarie, bursary, burse,
bursary [bʌrsəre]
n. A scholarship, an endowment given to a student in a school or university. An exhibition.
also burse A bursary, a scholarship.
n. A scholarship, an endowment given to a student in a school or university. An exhibition.
also burse A bursary, a scholarship.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bursar: The holder of a Bursary or scholarship.
barst, birsen, birsin, birsit, birst, birsten, birster, birstit, brast, brest, brist, bristin, brust, brusted, brusten, brustin, brustit, bursen, bursin, bursit, burssen, burst, bursteen, bursten, bursten, burstens, burster, burstin, burstit, burston, burstur, bust, buster, bustit,
burst [bʌrst, bɪrst]
also brust [brɪst, brʌst]
n. An injury caused by over-exertion, a bout of drunkenness.
v. To burst.
pt. barst [barst], brast [brast], burstit [ˈbɪrstɪt, ˈbrɪstɪt]
pp. burstit, brustit [ˈbrɪstɪt] bursten [ˈbʌrs(t)ən, ˈbɪrs(t)ə], brusten [ˈbrʌs(t)ən, ˈbrɪs(t)ən] adj. Burst, breathless, filled to bursting, fat, worn out, used.
also brust [brɪst, brʌst]
n. An injury caused by over-exertion, a bout of drunkenness.
v. To burst.
pt. barst [barst], brast [brast], burstit [ˈbɪrstɪt, ˈbrɪstɪt]
pp. burstit, brustit [ˈbrɪstɪt] bursten [ˈbʌrs(t)ən, ˈbɪrs(t)ə], brusten [ˈbrʌs(t)ən, ˈbrɪs(t)ən] adj. Burst, breathless, filled to bursting, fat, worn out, used.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bursten: Rough meal made from corn dried in a kettle over a fire and then ground in a quern.
burster [-ər]: A dish of potato chips and hot peas, a saucer of chips an peas in a soupy liquid. A ploughshare.
burstin, brustin: Bursting. NN.b. I. Rough meal made from corn dried in a kettle over the fire then ground in a quern.
burster [-ər]: A dish of potato chips and hot peas, a saucer of chips an peas in a soupy liquid. A ploughshare.
burstin, brustin: Bursting. NN.b. I. Rough meal made from corn dried in a kettle over the fire then ground in a quern.
bus, bussie, bussy,
bus [bʌs]
n. An omnibus.
dim. bussie
n. An omnibus.
dim. bussie
Compounds and phrases etc.
by walker's bus: MN. to go on foot
bush, bush_raip, bush_rope, bushe,
bush [bʌʃ]
n. A (Dutch) two- or three-masted fishing vessel of various sizes.
n. A (Dutch) two- or three-masted fishing vessel of various sizes.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bush raip: MN. NN.b. The rope to which the nets of a drift are attached.
bus, busk, buskan, busked, busket, buskin, busking, buskit, buss, bussin, bussin$, bussing, busskie, bussky,
busk [bʌsk]
also S. buss [bʌs]
v. To prepare, to make ready, to dress, to equip. To adorn, to deck, dress up.
pt. pp. buskit adj. adorned, dressed with taste
also S. buss [bʌs]
v. To prepare, to make ready, to dress, to equip. To adorn, to deck, dress up.
pt. pp. buskit adj. adorned, dressed with taste
buskie [bʌski]
adj. Dressy, well-dressed.
adj. Dressy, well-dressed.
Compounds and phrases etc.
buskin Adorning, dressing neatly, preparing, making ready.
colour buskin: The fixing of coloured ribbons to the flagstaff of the cornet as part of the riding of the marches ceremony.
colour buskin: The fixing of coloured ribbons to the flagstaff of the cornet as part of the riding of the marches ceremony.
bosky, bus, bush, busk, buskie, busky, buss, bussie, bussy,
buss [bʌs]
also busk
n. A bush.
also busk
n. A bush.
bussie [ˈbʌsɪ, S. SW. ˈbuːzi, ˈbʌuzi], buskie
adj. Bushy. S. SW. Hairy, rough.
adj. Bushy. S. SW. Hairy, rough.
Compounds and phrases etc.
deil-in-a-buss: The herb-paris Paris quadrifolia.
jack-in-the-buss: S. The navelwort Umbilicus rupestris.
jack-in-the-buss: S. The navelwort Umbilicus rupestris.
baessy, bisi, bissi, bizzie, bizzie-wappit, bos, bosie, boss, bossie, bus, bus, buss, bussie, bussie-wappit, byss, byssie,
buss [I. bʌs, I.Ork. bɔs, I.Sh. bɔs, bos]
n. Light chaff and small particles from among corn. The various soft and dry substances of which a bird's nest is composed, straw etc. for animals to lay on. The cattle stall itself.
dim. bussie [+ ˈbɪzi, ˈbɪsi, ˈbesi]
v. To sift oats with the hands.
n. Light chaff and small particles from among corn. The various soft and dry substances of which a bird's nest is composed, straw etc. for animals to lay on. The cattle stall itself.
dim. bussie [+ ˈbɪzi, ˈbɪsi, ˈbesi]
v. To sift oats with the hands.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bussie-wappit: Felted hair that looks like bussie.
bustard,
bustard [ˈbʌstərd]
n. The great bustard Otis tarda.
n. The great bustard Otis tarda.