Burrow

BURROW, sb.1, adj. and v.1 Nhp. War. Wor. Shr.
Hrf. Glo. Oxf. Bck. Wil. Written burru w.Wor.1 se.Wor.1
s.Wor.1 [bə·rə, bə·rō.]

1. sb. Shelter from the sun or wind; the leeward side
   of a hedge, &c. See Bur(r, sb.2
   Nhp.1 You've got a cold place there, mistress; why don't you
   get under the burrow? War.2 War.3, ne.Wor. (J.W.P.) w.Wor.1 The
   wind is pretty teart to-daay, but if yŭ kips in the burrŭu t'ull do yŭ
   good to go out. se.Wor.1, s.Wor.1, Hrf.1 Glo. Sit down for thy
   ‘nunchin’ in the burrow of the hedge, Buckman Darke's Sojourn
   (1890) xii; Glo.1 Glo.2 Wil.1 Why doesn't thee coom and zet doon
   here in the burrow?
   
2. Comp. Burrow-hurdle, a hurdle with straw drawn
   through it to protect the ewes and young lambs from the
   wind.
   War.3, se.Wor.1, Hrf.1, Oxf. (J.W.), Oxf.1, Glo.1
   
3. adj. Sheltered, secure from the wind, shady.
   Nhp.1 The plants were nicely sheltered from the frost under the
   burrow wall. War.2 It is very burrow here in the winter. s.War.1,
   Shr.1 Glo. A very burrow place for cattle, N. & Q. (1853) 1st S.
   vii. 205. Oxf. Let us move over the other side, it is more burrow
   there (A.N.); Oxf.1, n.Bck. (A.C.)
   
4. v. To shelter, protect from the wind.
   War. That house is nicely burrowed amongst the trees (L.M.).
   Wor. We'll be well burrered from the wind here (R.M.E.).
   [A burrow (covert), latibulum; burrowed, tutus, injuriae
   ventorum non patiens, Coles (1679).]
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   BURROW, sb.2 Som. Dev. Cor. [bə·rə.] A mound
   of earth, heap; a sepulchral barrow or tumulus. Cf.
   barrow, sb.3
   w.Som.1 Mole heaps are waunt buur-uz. Dev. Kerton, among
   what he called ‘burroughs and buildings,’ found some human bones,
   Bray Desc. Tamar and Tavy (1836) I. 394. w.Dev. Marshall
   Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. The turf is collected into separate burrows
   or heaps, Quiller-Couch Hist. Polperro (1871) 118; Beyond the
   burrows or heaps of dead, Pearce Esther Pentreath (1891) bk. i. i;
   Cor.1 Cor.2 Cor.3
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   BURROW, v.2 Shr. To bore, penetrate.
   Shr.1 Them ship han burrowed thar backs i' the dyche bonk i'
   the sandy leasow till the roots o' the trees bin bar'.
   [The same as liter. E. burrow (vb.), to make a burrow (as
   rabbits).]
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   BURROW, see Barrow.