burnie

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English

Etymology

burn +‎ -ie

Noun

burnie (plural burnies)

  1. (Scotland) A small brook.
    • 1785, Robert Burns, Epistle To William Simson Schoolmaster, Ochiltree:
      But, Willie, set your fit to mine, / An' cock your crest, / We'll gar our streams an' burnies shine / Up wi' the best.
    • c. 1820s, James Hogg, "Sing on, Sing on, My Bonnie Bird"
      A bramble shade around our head,
      A burnie popplin by

References

“burnie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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