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1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:
It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas
Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and another of wool, with its pillow and two quilts
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “borra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Borrowed from Sicilianburra; compare burrasca(“sudden rainfall, storm”). Most probably from Latinboreas(“north wind”), from Ancient GreekΒορέᾱς(Boréās), though compare also Latin burra(“rag, flock”), which might give the sense “snowflake”. In any case, the development from “rain” to “snow” is not unlikely in Malta, where what is considered “snow” is usually sleet, while actual snow is very rare.
(sometimes with upp, putting more emphasis on the result) to drill, to bore (make a hole with a drill or other boring instrument, through twisting and pressure)