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Definition of Burds
1. burd [n] - See also: burd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burds
Literary usage of Burds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1893)
"... an' thin she opens cage after cage, box after box, till ivery one iv thim
burds, bastes, an' reptiles wus free ter cnm out on the flure. ..."
2. Edinburgh Records: The Burgh Accounts by Edinburgh (Scotland) (1899)
"Item, for sawing of xvij burds, ...... Item, the xvij of July, ... for sawing of
twa geists and nyne burds, Item, for dichting of the kirk within, ..."
3. Wills and Inventories from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Richmond by James Raine, Church of England Archdeaconry of Richmond (1853)
"In the lawe chambre, j. greate chiste, xvj d. iiij. burds being ... and j.
litle burde, viij dj chiste with a louse lydde, viij d. ij. burds ..."
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