Part 75 (1/2)

_Minst Border_

3 To drink plentifully, S

_Douglas_

4 To clubdrink ”I'll _birle_ my bawbie,” I will contribute my share of the expence; S

_Ramsay_

In Isl it is used in the first sense; _byrl-a_, infundere, miscere potum In A S it occurs in sense third, _biril-ian_, _birl-ian_, haurire Hence _byrle_, a butler Isl _byrlar_, id _Birle_, O E

has the sanification

_To_ BIRL, _v n_

V ~Birr~, _v_

BIRLAW-COURT, also BIRLEY-COURT

V ~Burlaw~

BIRLEY-OATS, BARLEY-OATS, _s pl_ A species of oats, S

_Statist Acc_

It seems to have received its name from its supposed resemblance to _barley_

BIRLIE, _s_ A loaf of bread; S B

BIRLIN, _s_ A small vessel used in the Western Islands

_Martin_

Probably of Scandinavian origin, as Sw _bars_ is a kind of shi+p; and _berling_, a boat-staff, Seren I am informed, however, that in Gael the word is written _bhuirlin_

_To_ BIRN, _v a_ To burn

V ~Bryn~

BIRN, BIRNE, _s_ A burnt mark; S

_Acts Charles II_

_Skin and Birn_, a co, or of any nu