An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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, asser, 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 pron. of bird.
Maitland MSS.

BURDE, s. Ground, foundation.

Su. G. bord, a footstool.