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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BARDIE, BARDY, BAURDY, adj. Bold, impudent of speech, rude, uncivil, forward, quarrelsome. [′bɑrdɪ̢, ′bɑrdi]Sc. 1706 W. Hamilton Bonnie Heck in Watson Choice Coll. i. 69:
I was a bardy Tyk and bauld.Abd. 1987 Sheena Blackhall in Joy Hendry Chapman 49 56:
Their byewyes niver jine - as nicht, wi day
Her baurdy, langin ee can anely luik
She kens the futterat rives its striddled prey
Yet fain wid lay her doon, an lute it sook  Ags. 1867 G. W. Donald Poems, etc. 17:
Rab lang was baurdy, bauld, an' crouse.e.Lth. 1885 “S. Mucklebackit” Rural Rhymes, etc. 11:
Alack, alack! I stagger'd back, My bardie wrath forgettin'.Rnf. 1827 W. Motherwell Minstrelsy xxxviii.:
And it is a curious fact that in the West of Scotland, Renfrewshire at least, the phrase bardy, a word of common occurrence, is used to signify impudent, rude, uncivil, forward, or quarrelsome.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 120:
I never in my life would let ony bardy bizzum lichtlie me. Ayr. 1989:
She's a bardie bitch. [woman who is always quarrelling and shouting]Kcb. 1814 J. Train Strains of the Mountain Muse 22:
And wi' my gude claymore I've brought Many a bardie birkie down.