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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1578
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Burd(e, Buird, n.2. Also: bwrd, bourd. [ME. borde (14th c.), OF. bord.] A border or edging; material suitable for this. c1450-2 Howlat 341.
He bure … Thre crovnis and a crucifix … The burde with orient perle plantit till apper 1492 Acts Lords of Council 220/1.
Thre burdis of beltis 1492 Ib. 222/1.
A belt of golde witht the burde 1500 Dunferm. B. Rec. 108.
Ane siluir belt witht ane red burde 1508 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 45 b.
Twa burdis of beltis of welwois 1513 Doug. xi. ii. 35–6.
Eneas syne twa robbys furth gart fold Of rych purpour and styf burd of gold 1516 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXVIII. 34.
Ane burd of gold with tua small beltis of gold 1528 Stirling B. Rec. I. 32.
viij ellis of hardin and ane bourd of ane belt 1530 Balmerino and L. Chart. ii. 32.
Ane frwntall to ane alter of bwrd a1540 Freiris Berw. 153 (M).
Of ane burde of silk richt costlie grein Hir tusche was with siluer weill besene c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 119.
His hois thay war of the reid skarlet maid, With buird of gold bordonit [sic] , and barrit braid 1578 Edinburgh Testaments VI. 110.
Ane siluer belt of crammesie buird
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