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byrlaw
ˈbyrlaw arch. or dial. Forms: 3 birelage, birlawe, (birelegia), 5–7 byrelaw(e, 6 byerlaw, 6–7 berlaw, burlaw, 7–8 birlaw, 9 bourlaw, dial. byar law, 6– byrlaw; also corrupted, esp. in comb., into 6 byerley, byrla, birla, 7 birlay, burlie, 7–8 birley, 8–9 birlie, 9 burley; see birley, bourlaw, burley...
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bourlaw
bourlaw (ˈbʊəlɔː) A form of byrlaw, used in the comb. bourlawmen in south of Scotland.1866 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club 261 There is a court consisting of two bourlawmen appointed by the bailie. 1879 S. Counties (Scotl.) Register in Athenæum 16 Aug. 208 Berwickshire: Earlston: Court of Bourlawmen..The men ...
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bye-law
by-law, bye-law (ˈbaɪlɔː) Also 4 bilage, 4–6 bilawe, 6–7 by-lawe. [In sense 1 apparently (from the identity of meaning, and the identification of bylaw-man (see below) with byrlaw-man) a doublet of byrlaw. The difference of form would be explained by the derivation of bylaw from the stem instead of ...
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burley
▪ I. † ˈburley1 Obs. rare—1. [cf. F. bourrelet, and burr n.1 2.] ‘The butt end of a lance’ (Halliwell).1548 Hall Chron. 12 One company had the plackard, the rest the port, the burley, the tasses..al gylte.▪ II. burley2, -lie, -ly Sc. and north. Eng. A corrupted form of byrlaw, q.v., used in comb. bu...
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birley
ˈbirlie, ˈbirley Sc. A corrupted form of byrlaw, used in comb. birley-court, birlie-man. (See also burley-.)1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 74 Birlaw courts, the quhilks are rewled be consent of neighbours. 1609 Hume Admon. in Wodr. Soc. Misc. 587 Birlay Courtis. 1750 C. Campbell in Scots Mag. (1753) 454/2 I t...
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