Lexicographical Neighbors of Brulyie
Literary usage of Brulyie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"Wha in a brulyie will first cry a parley ? Never the lads wi' the bannocks o'
barley! ... brulyie ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"A quarrel, contention, commotion, storm. V. brulyie. In keeping with that
interposition of letters common in country districts this word is often pron. ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"See abo Notes, i>. 339. Brugh, a burgh, a borough. brulyie ... a brawl : " than
mind ec 163 ; " wha in a brulyie," 200. Hrun! ..."
4. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"... J shor'd,k And Hell mix'd in the brulyie.1 As Highland craigs by thunder cleft,
When lightnings fire the stormy lift, Hurl down with crashing rattle ..."
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