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ˈmoor-burn Sc.
Forms: see moor n.1
[f. moor n.1 + burn n.3]
The burning of the heather on a moor, which is unlawful between April 11 and Nov. 1. So moor-burner, one who sets fire to heather; also moor-burning vbl. n.
14..Ordo Justiciarie in Sc. Acts (1814) I. 342/1 All..mur burnaris in forbodin tyme. 1424Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 6/1 It is ordanyt þt na man mak murbyrn eftir þe monethe of marche..vnder þe payne of xls. 1499Exch. Rolls Scotl. XI. 395 That thair be na mureburne. 1610Act 7 Jas. I, An Acte against burning of Lingard Heath and other Moor Burning. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. xiv. §1 (1699) 210 They have power to punish..Makers of Moor-burn, Keepers of Crooves, wilful Beggers. 1773Act 13 Geo. III c. 54 §4 Every Person who shall make Muir⁓burn, or set fire to any Heath or Muir, in..Scotland,..shall [etc.]. 1851Stephens Bk. Farm 3736 As heath constitutes a principal food of the mountain sheep, muir-burning improves the heath for food. 1894Crockett Raiders 218 We were now among the burnt heather..kicking up the ashy dust of the March muirburn.
fig.1839in J. MacKerrow Hist. Secession Ch. (1841) 647, I was afraid of raising a muir burn that might not be easily quenched. |