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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Burd(e, Buird, v. [Late ME. borde, f. bord Burd(e n.¹ or (in sense 2) F. border, aborder.]

1. tr. To furnish (a person) with board. 1558-66 Knox II. 231.
We judge it unseamlie … that ministeris shall be burdeit in commoun aill-houssis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 6.
That it sal be leful to him to haif ane burdit … at the principalis table in his place 1602 Stirling B. Rec. I. 103.
The parentis of the saidis bairnes [that] the said doctour salbe buirdet [with] to be advertesed be ane baillie 1608 Scot. Ant. XV. 141.
I am buirdet as of befoir I tauld yow 1633 Lithgow Poet. Remains 99 (see Burde n.¹ 2 d).

2. To board (a vessel). 1558-66 Knox II. 12.
Andro and his companioun … burded thame both, and carried thame to Dundye 1588 Wemyss Chart. MS.
To buird quhat sumever schippis … and apprehend the samin 1610 Crim. Trials III. 100.
Ȝe, be way of pirracie, … buirdit, and be plane force tuik, the number of sax schipis Ib. 104; etc.
Ȝea … persewit and burdit ane puir fischarman and hir bot 1680-6 Lauder Observes 177.
That the match should last ay till the King's ships had buirded them

3. To fit or lay with boards. 1572 Reg. Privy C. II. 167.
To burde and loft the steeple of Linlithgow with sic diligence as may be