burnie

burnie

See also: Burnie

English

Etymology

burn +‎ -ie

Noun

burnie (plural burnies)

1. (Scotland) A small brook.
   • 1785, Burns, Robert, 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Brunei, Burien, brunie, rubine