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

Either rough, shaggy, from Fr. bourru, "flockie, hairie, rugged," Cotgr. or savage, cruel, from Fr. bourreau, an executioner.

V. [Burio].

BURROWE-MAIL,
V. [Mail].

BURSAR, s. One who receives the benefit of an endowment in a college, for bearing his expences during his education there, S.
Buik of Discipline.

L. B. Bursar-ius, a scholar supported by a pension; Fr. boursier, id. from L. B. bursa, an ark, Fr. bourse, a purse. Bourse also signifies "the place of a pensioner in a college," Cotgr.

Bursary, Burse, s. The endowment given to a student in a university, an exhibition, S.
Statist. Acc.

BURSIN, BURSTEN, part. pa.
1. Burst, S.
Lyndsay.
2. Overpowered with fatigue; or so overheated by exertion as to drop down dead, S.

BUS, s. A bush, S. buss.
V. [Busk].
Douglas.

BUSCH, s. Boxwood, S. B.
Douglas.

Belg. bosse-boom, busboom, Fr. bouis, buis, Ital. busso, id.