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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe] Reference

"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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827] Reference

A quick, fierce glance of anger shot from the eyes of this buirdly Scot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure] Reference

There my kettle boiled for forty years; there I bore twelve buirdly sons and daughters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference

There my kettle boiled for forty years - there I bore twelve buirdly sons and daughters - where are they now?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter LIII] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tommy and Grizel] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Water-Babies] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Water Babies] Reference

"He's a waesome sicht the nicht, but Saunders wes a buirdly man aince, and wull never lat his life be taken lichtly frae him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush] Reference

Peace be to this buirdly biggin'!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queen Mary's Men] Reference

A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Auld Farmer’s New-Year-Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare, Maggie. 1786] Reference

And buirdly chiels and clever hizzies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference

An 'buirdly chiels, an' clever hizzies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference

He's mair buirdly i 'the back than i' the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference

He ’s buirdly an’ stalwart in lith an’ in limb; 5.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muckle-Mou'd Meg] Reference

An’ buirdly chiels, an’ clever hizzies,/Are bred in sic a way as this is.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Twa Dogs] Reference

"That auld and buirdly dame?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bon Gaultier Ballads] Reference

A filly, buirdly, steeve, an 'swank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference