Definition of Boortree

1. bourtree [n -S] - See also: bourtree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boortree

boons
boop
boops
boor
boord
boorde
boordes
boords
boorish
boorishly
boorishness
boorishnesses
boorka
boorkas
boors
boortree (current term)
boortrees
booru
boos
boose
boosed
booser
boosers
booses
booshway
booshways
boosies
boosing
boost

Literary usage of Boortree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"See boortree. BOSKIN, sb. a cattle-stall. From boose, with the suffix kin. See BOOSE. BOSS, sb. a fat, lazy woman ; a term of reproach. ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Ye s* no come in here, I tell ye," she screeched, " an' my man stickin' i' yon boortree buss! " Gibbie advanced. She made a blow at him with the poker. ..."

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