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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BEERIE, BEERY, v. To bury. [′biri n.Sc. but Ags.¹ ′bø:rɪ, Lth., Edb., wm.Sc. + ′bø:rĕ]Sc. 1890 G. Williams in Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets XIII. 94:
But him he taul' to come an' lea' The deid to beerie their deid.Sc. 1920 D. Rorie Auld Doctor 38:
An' I am a mither that's beerit fourteen, An' forty year mairrit come simmer.ne.Sc. 1932 J. M. Caie in Abd. Univ. Rev. (July) 210:
Wi' sic a wife Beeriet safe in yird an' timmer.Mry.(D) 1927 E. B. Levack Stories of Old Lossiemouth 12:
Instead o' bein' beeri't she was brunt, and syne gethert up and pitten intil a boatle.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 5:
Aroon the time o her brither's waddin, auld Attie hissel hid merriet again, on the keeper's widda frae the Lochside. "Jist fur freenship, at their age," young Attie jaloused. "Forbye, a fairm needs a wummin's haun in the kitchie. Mither's bin deed an beeriet ten year noo."Bch.(D) 1929 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Rev. (March) 129:
I' the aul' times they'd eest ta beery sic evildoers o' the mairch atween lairds' lan's.Per. 1903 H. MacGregor The Souter's Lamp 75:
Wull she be beeried in the Kirk-yaird?

Phr. to beerie ane's midder, of a mason: to cover up his new masonry as a protection against frost during wintry weather (see quot.). Abd. 1920 A. Robb MS. xviii.:
I began to un'erstan' fat the masons meant fan they spak o' "beeryin' their midder." They meant that their work wis a' happit up and they wad hae to gang and look for their livin' anidder road.