Definition of Bairns

1. Noun. (plural of bairn) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bairns

1. bairn [n] - See also: bairn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bairns

bain-marie
baing
bainin
bainins
bainite
bainites
baion
bairam
bairams
bairn
bairnish
bairnlier
bairnliest
bairnlike
bairnly
bairns (current term)
baisa
baisemains
bait
bait-and-switch
bait and switch
bait box
bait car
bait casting
bait dog
baited
baiter
baiters
baitfish
baitfishes

Literary usage of Bairns

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

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye pass To school in bands thegither, . . . Epit. on U'ag. ... S. Г mo er young to marry f Now I've gotten wife and bairns, . ..."

2. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1882)
"We still maun lo'e the Giver mair, An' see Him in the given ; An' sae she'll lead us up to Him, Our babie straight frae Heaven. bairns THEGITHER. ..."

3. The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424 (1908)
"It was alleged for the bairns of the first marriage, that the bairns of the second marriage could not both have their bonds of provision, and also their ..."

4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"original character of a gravel-pit, that it is not fit to be shown to ' bairns and fools,' who, according to our old canny proverb, should never see ..."

5. Ingleside Rhaims: Verses in the Dialect of Burns by Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1887)
"At least, until I better ken, I'll dream the pleasant thought; Nor think our bairns grow up to men, An' sae, alas, are not! WE HA'E NAE bairns. ..."

6. Decisions of the Court of Session: From 1681 to 1691 by Roger Hog of Harcarse, Scotland Court of Session (1757)
"... to bairns and not to heirs, in place of all ... thereof to him- felf and her in conjunct fee, and to the heirs and bairns in fee ; the bairns ..."

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