▪ I. † burt, v. Obs.
Also 5 burt-on, 6 burte. pa. tense and pa. pple. burt.
[Cf. butt v.]
1. trans. and absol. To push or thrust, as with horns; to butt.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 56 Burton', as hornyd bestys, cornu⁓peto. 1552 Huloet, Burt lyke a ramme, arieto. 1556 Abp. Parker Psalter cxxviii. 44 Our hornes shall burte them downe. |
2. To pierce, gore.
| 1597 Montgomerie Cherrie & Sl. 165 Than furth I drew that deadlie dairt..It hurt me, it burt me, The ofter I it handill. a 1605 ― In Prais of Maistres, Quhais beutie has me burt? Quhais beutie healls my hurt? |
3. To indent, dint (as a tin-kettle). Somerset.
Hence burter, burting vbl. n.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 56 Burtare, beste [1499 burter], cornupeta. Ibid. Burtynge, cornupetus. |
▪ II. burt(e, burth-e
see birt, birth.