Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BURAL, BUR'AL, Burrel, Bürol, Buir'el, Bur'l, n. Also birral (Per. 1903 H. Dryerre Blairgowrie 120). Sc. dissyllabic forms of St.Eng. burial. Also used attrib. See also Beerial and for Sc. uses see Burial. [′bø(:)r(ə)l I.Sc., m.Sc., but Edb. and Dmf. + ′bʌrəl; ′bʌr(ə)l n.Sc.]Sh.(D) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 117:
Ir dey raelly no a dram at Johnnie's bürol, Magnus?Bnff. 1895 W. Cramond Parish of Grange 33:
Just as we now lay aside our Sunday coat or bur'l hat when the occasion for them is over.Ags. 1928 A. Gray Gossip 33:
O, I didna greet when I tint him, Nor yet on the burrel-day.Fif. 1894 (2nd ed.) D. S. Meldrum Story of Margrédel xvii.:
I dinna mind a buir'el where I had to fecht to keep my een clear for my wark.Edb. 1870 J. Lauder Warblings 39:
Mammy's dead and gane, Gane to the bur'al hole.Dmf. 1912 J. and R. Hyslop Langholm as it was 681:
But ye bade me tae the man's bural.
