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

BURN, s.
1. Water, particularly that which is taken from a fountain or well S.
Ferguson.

Moes. G. brunna, Su. G. brunn, Isl. brunn-ur, Germ. brun, Teut. burn, borne, a well, a fountain; Belg. bornwater, water from a well. A rivulet, a brook. S. A. Bor.

Douglas.

2. E. bourn.

In this sense only A. S. burn, and byrna, occur; or as signifying a torrent.

3. The water used in brewing, S. B.
Lyndsay.
4. Urine, S. B. "To make one's burn," mingere. Germ. brun, urina.

Burnie, Burny, is sometimes used as a dimin. denoting a small brook, S.
Beattie.

To BURN, v. a.
1. One is said to be burnt, when he has suffered in any attempt. Ill burnt, having suffered severely, S.
Baillie.
2. To deceive, to cheat in a bargain, S. One says that he has been brunt, when overreached. These are merely oblique senses of the E. v.

BURNET, adj. Of a brown colour.
Douglas.

Fr. brunette, a dark brown stuff formerly worn by persons of quality.