burly

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  1. adjective Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky. See Synonyms at muscular.

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  1. Middle English burlich, from Old English *borlic, excellent; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =English dial. bowerly, from Middle English burly, burely, borly, burliche, borliche, borlic, etc., large, huge. Of uncertain origin; hardly = Old High German burlīh, purlīh, elevated, high (from bōr, an elevation, + -līh = English -ly). There is nothing to prove the supposed Celtic origin.
  2. from burl + -y.
 

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