A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Burrowmure, Burroughmure, Bwrowe Mwre, Burow Moyr, variants of Borowmure. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 4489.
Thai met thaim on the Bwrowe Mwre [C. Burow Moyr]1508 Edinb. Chart. 193.
[Terrae] communis more de Edinburgh vocate le Burrowmure 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 200.
Thir personis … wer hangit on the eister Burrow Mure of Glasgow Ib. 296.
The eist end of the south loche in the burrowmure 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vi. 8.
Some that can be content to bestow their bowke to the burroughmure
