In after years, when he filled and rounded out, he had a manly open look, illumined always as by sunlight for his friends, and a well-proportioned, 'buirdly' form, that well entitled him to the name of man in Queen Elizabeth's full sense of the word. ❋ Unknown (1903)
Mr. Galt was about five feet eleven: his father, who I had seen when a boy, about six feet four, and "buirdly" and stout in proportion. ❋ Unknown (1860)
"Ye're aye cute, dame," I cried, thrawing the bit gy abune, and in a gliffing, doun jumpit the chiel, and a braw chiel he was sure enough, siccan my auld e'en sall ne'er see again, wi 'his brent brow and buirdly bowk wrappit in a tartan plaid, wi' a Highland kilt. ❋ Various (N/A)
One _buirdly_ body, whose proportions were not easy to conceal, caught my eye one day as I was paddling about among a swarm of merry swimmers. ❋ Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker (N/A)
But Jock cam' to questions, and being a fallow/Stout, buirdly and sonsy, he soon pleased her taste,/And awa' went the twasome, haup-jaup in their daffin',/Thro' wynds and blind alleys no time for to waste. ❋ Various (N/A)
There my kettle boiled for forty years - there I bore twelve buirdly sons and daughters - where are they now? ❋ Unknown (1917)
An 'buirdly chiels and clever hizzies [stout lads, girls] ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)
To his face she referred to him as a doited sumph, but to Grizel pleading for him she admitted that despite his warts and quarrelsome legs he was a great big muckle sonsy, stout, buirdly well set up, wise-like, havering man. ❋ Unknown (1898)
John was the blacksmith, a big buirdly fellow with a larger blunt head. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)
The body of the men remained in the clearing, conversing in knots, while two miners, buirdly fellows, rather gruffer of tongue than the rest, went to the office to act as spokesmen. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)
A quick, fierce glance of anger shot from the eyes of this buirdly Scot. ❋ Gordon Stables (1875)
'Ah, ye're a grand laddie, and buirdly, and no that thrawn, either -- like ye, Dick, ye born deevil,' looking at me. ❋ Rolf Boldrewood (1870)
So Mr. Grimes touched his hat to him when he rode through the town, and called him a "buirdly awd chap," and his young ladies "gradely lasses," which are two high compliments in the North country; and thought that that made up for his poaching Sir John's pheasants; whereby you may perceive that Mr. Grimes had not been to a properly-inspected Government National School. ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)
So Mr. Grimes touched his hat to him when he rode through the town, and called him a "buirdly awd chap," and his young ladies "gradely lasses," which are two high compliments in the ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)
There my kettle boiled for forty years; there I bore twelve buirdly sons and daughters. ❋ Unknown (1815)
I went down with a bottle of Champagne, and a flask of Maraschino, and made buirdly cheer with them for the rest of the day. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)
So Mr. Grimes touched his hat to him when he rode through the town, and called him a “buirdly awd chap,” and his young ladies “gradely lasses,” which are two high compliments in the North country; and thought that that made up for his poaching Sir John’s pheasants; whereby you may perceive that Mr. Grimes had not been to a properly-inspected Government ❋ Unknown (2007)
