Definition of Muirburns

1. muirburn [n] - See also: muirburn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muirburns

mugwumpish
mugwumpism
mugwumpisms
mugwumps
muhajir
muhajireen
muhajirun
muhlies
muhly
muid
muids
muil
muils
muir-torre syndrome
muirburn
muirburns (current term)
muirite
muirs
muishond
muist
muisted
muisting
muists
mujahadeen
mujahadein
mujahadin
mujahed
mujahedeen
mujahedin
mujahid

Literary usage of Muirburns

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

1. Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and by William Thomson, James Hall (1807)
"... it sometimes happens that moss takes fire by means of these muirburns, and continues to burn all the summer, or until a heavy fall of rain puts it out. ..."

2. Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and by James Hall (1807)
"... it sometimes happens that moss takes fire by means of these muirburns, and continues to burn all the summer, or until a heavy fall of rain puts it out. ..."

3. Sketches of Early Scotch History and Social Progress: Church Organization by Cosmo Innes (1861)
"muirburns, regulations for, 1621, 380. Muirhead, Andrew, elected Bishop of school in Edinburgh, 1688, 458. Music, taste for, in the Kilravock family, ..."

4. Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and by William Thomson, James Hall (1807)
"... it sometimes happens that moss takes fire by means of these muirburns, and continues to burn all the summer, or until a heavy fall of rain puts it out. ..."

5. Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and by James Hall (1807)
"... it sometimes happens that moss takes fire by means of these muirburns, and continues to burn all the summer, or until a heavy fall of rain puts it out. ..."

6. Sketches of Early Scotch History and Social Progress: Church Organization by Cosmo Innes (1861)
"muirburns, regulations for, 1621, 380. Muirhead, Andrew, elected Bishop of school in Edinburgh, 1688, 458. Music, taste for, in the Kilravock family, ..."

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