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bur, burr, burrie, burrs, burry, burry_man, burryman, bury, canniber, canniburr, canny_bar,
burr [bʌr]
n. The burdock Arctium minus or lappa. A bur, a seed vessel having hooks or prickles. A sea urchin. A strong thick-set person of stubborn temper.
burry
adj. having hooks or prickles like a bur.
Compounds and phrases etc.
burry man: A public scapegoat.
canniburr: MN. A sea urchin.
(creepin) burr: NN.b. The clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum.
hedge burrs: WC. The cleavers Galium aparine.
barra, barrae, barrey, burra, burrae, burrie, burrow,
burrae [bʌrə, bʌre]
n. A barrow, a tumulus.
burra, burrae,
burrae [bʌrə, bʌre]
n. A burrow.
burrian,
burrian [SW. U. ˈbʌrɪən]
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.
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.
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.
bus, bussie, bussy,
bus [bʌs]
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.
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
buskie [bʌski]
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.
bosky, bus, bush, busk, buskie, busky, buss, bussie, bussy,
buss [bʌs]
also busk
n. A bush.
bussie [ˈbʌsɪ, S. SW. ˈbuːzi, ˈbʌuzi], buskie
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.
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