单词 | burrows-town |
释义 | burrows-townn. Scottish in later use. = borough-town n. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > borough burrows-townc1175 mayor-town1375 boroughc1380 borough-town1382 burghc1425 corporate town1478 royal burgh1591 county borough1708 municipality1790 Royal Borough1805 county1888 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6538 Tatt illke burrȝhess tun Þatt crist wass borenn inne. c1325 Metr. Hom. 107 Burwis tounes war tharinne. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 164 in Poems (1981) 9 The eldest duelt in ane borous toun. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 68 Ȝour feildis villagis and buroustounis. a1649 Sc. Acts Charles I (1814) VI. 142 (Jam.) Borrowstoun kirks being alwayes excepted. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 92 The brawest beau in borrows-town. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x*. 279 Ou aye, hinny—thae's your landward and burrows-town notions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1175 |
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