buirdly
WordNet
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(adj)
buirdly
muscular and heavily built "a beefy wrestler","had a tall burly frame","clothing sizes for husky boys","a strapping boy of eighteen","`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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buirdly
Large and well made; stout in appearance; burly.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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(adj)
Buirdly
bürd′li stalwart, large and well made.
Etymology
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Scot., a variant of Burly.
Usage in literature
There my kettle boiled for forty years; there I bore twelve buirdly sons and daughters. "Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated" by
Bereft him all hot Buird-allane, a boy. "Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)" by
He's mair buirdly i' the back than i' the brain. "The Proverbs of Scotland" by
A quick, fierce glance of anger shot from the eyes of this buirdly Scot. "Our Home in the Silver West" by
Usage in poetry
Oh! blithe was she tae see her buirdly callans
In tens o' thousands pourin' frae their dwallin's,
Baith Dukes and Lords, an' mony trades an' callin's—
Oh! prood was she, an' big her fu' hert swallin's.
In tens o' thousands pourin' frae their dwallin's,
Baith Dukes and Lords, an' mony trades an' callin's—
Oh! prood was she, an' big her fu' hert swallin's.
There was nane sae frank-heartit an' free as young Burns
On the braes o' Cairnbroe; through life's trials an' turns
He's foughten his way, an' won up i' the warl,
A younker nae mair, but a blythe buirdly carle.
On the braes o' Cairnbroe; through life's trials an' turns
He's foughten his way, an' won up i' the warl,
A younker nae mair, but a blythe buirdly carle.