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"Aw, the murther of it," said one buirdly Manxman, "five-and-forty if he's a day, and a wizened old polecat anyway."

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

Little Donald with the plaid O'er his buirdly shoulder laid, Would go dancing in the shade, And his glory soon would fade If he lost his Gaelic.

From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus

The children were likewise beinly apparelled, and the two sons were buirdly and brave laddies, the one about nine, and the other maybe eleven years old.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

Thou ance was i' the foremost rank, A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank; An' set weel down a shapely shank, As e'er tread yird; An' could hae flown out-owre a stank, Like ony bird.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

But that’s no news, for it has been goin’ on for centuries, and I’m expectin’ will last as long as thae foreign bodies need buirdly men and Scotland has a cold climate.

From Graham of Claverhouse by Maclaren, Ian