| 释义 |
burrows-town Only Sc. exc. in Ormin.|ˈbʌrəstaʊn|
Forms: 3 (Orm.) burrȝhess tun, 4 burwis toun, 5–8 borrows-town, 6 burous-toun, borous-, borroustoun, burrowistown, 9 burrows-town (cf. proper name Borrowston-ness or Bo'ness).
= borough-town. Also attrib.
c1200Ormin 6538 Þatt illke burrȝhess tun þatt Crist wass borenn inne. c1325Metr. Hom. 107 Burwis tounes war tharinne. c1450Henryson Twa Mice, The elder dwelt in borrows town. 1548Compl. Scot. 87 Ȝour feildis, villagis and buroustounis. a1649Sc. Acts Charles I (1814) VI. 142 (Jam.) Borrowstoun kirks being alwayes excepted. 1724Ramsay Tea-T. Misc. (1733) I. 92 The brawest beau in borrows-town. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvi, ‘Ou ay, hinny—thae's your landward and burrows-town notions’. |