buird

See also: bùird

Manx

Noun

buird m

  1. genitive singular of boayrd
  2. plural of boayrd

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
buirdvuirdmuird
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English bord (“board, slab; table; boat; shield”). Cognate with English board.

Pronunciation

Noun

buird (plural buirds)

  1. board (relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making)
    • 1847, James Paterson, The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire, page 90:
      A briest like a buird, and a back like a door.
      "A breast like a board, and a back like a door.
  2. table
    • 1877, Alex G. Murdoch, The Laird's Lykewake and Other Poems‎, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow: Simpkin, Marshal, & Co.; John Menzies & Co,, Bring the Bodie Ben, page 183:
      They brocht him ben, an' sat him doun before a weel-spread buird,
      They brought him in, and sat him down before a well-spread table,
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