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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1908

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BOORAY, v. Ork. form of St.Eng. bury. [′bu:rĕ]Ork.(D) 1908 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh., etc. I. viii. 324:
Puir Sibbie . . . de'ed i' da voar i' a madhoos whar dere waas nane tae straik, kist or booray 'er bit oncan folk, oh whan! awhan!

[O.Sc. bwry, bury, are found along with bery, see D.O.S.T. s.v. bery and bury; O.E. byrigan, byrgan, to hide in the ground, bury, from burg-, ablaut variant of beorgan, to hide.]

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