Definition of Brugh

1. a borough [n -S] - See also: borough

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brugh

brucellas
brucellergin
brucellin
brucelloses
brucellosis
bruchid
bruchids
brucin
brucine
brucines
brucins
brucite
brucites
bruckle
brugh (current term)
brughs
brugia
brugia malayi
brugia pahangi
brugnatellite
brugnatellites
bruh
bruhaha
bruhahas
bruilzie
bruilzies
bruin
bruins
bruise

Literary usage of Brugh

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

1. The Beauties of the Boyne, and Its Tributary, the Blackwater by William Robert Wilde (1849)
"But by far the most celebrated and extensive of all the Irish cemeteries was that denominated brugh, or brugh na Boinne, the Burgum Boinne, the fort or town ..."

2. Burgh Laws of Dundee: With the History, Statutes, & Proceedings of the Guild by Alex Johnston Warden, Dundee (Scotland). (1872)
"... that all the inhabitants of this brugh who shall be lawfully requirit be the ... of the common milnes of the sd brugh to bring ther malt ..."

3. Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland: With Extracts by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) (1870)
"The samyn day, ordains the brugh of Banff to be ... complaint gewin in be Aberdein agatha the said brugh, and the commissioner of the said brugh to comper ..."

4. The beauties of the Boyne, and its tributary, the Blackwater by William Robert W. Wilde (1849)
"But by far the most celebrated and extensive of all the Irish cemeteries was that denominated brugh, or brugh na Boinne, the Burgum Boinne, the fort or town ..."

5. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"The earliest reference to brugh that we have is, I believe, ... In this, brugh is a cemetery, and the house (tech) of the Mie oc is one of the monuments in ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Gray- bill had given an option to EJ brugh on this land for the period of 10 months from Febru- Sl LRA ary 3, 1890, but that nothing had been paid by brugh ..."

7. The goede vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at home and in society, 1609-1760 by John King Van Rensselaer (1898)
"... Stirling—William Alexander now Successor to the Title—Mary Alexander's Engagement to Peter Van brugh Livingston—The Children's " Companies " Again—Birth ..."

8. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"We have here a consistent line of evidence as to the use of the word brugh as the place-name of one of the chief cemeteries of pre-Christian times, ..."

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