What does muir mean?
Muir means (especially Scotland, Northern England) A moor..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(especially Scotland, Northern England) A moor..
[…] Mr. Cuming brought a declarator of common property in, and division of, the muirs in question. Pleaded for the Pursuer.—The pursuer's special infestment in the muirs as parts of the barony of Coxtoun excluded the defender, […]
[…] and Coquet's streams are glittrin, as they rin frae muir to main […]
Tho' four lang miles was he fra heayme, / Besides a muir to cross, / By haunted cairns an boggle steaynes, […]
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Muir means (especially Scotland, Northern England) A moor..
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[…] Mr. Cuming brought a declarator of common property in, and division of, the muirs in question. Pleaded for the Pursuer.—The pursuer's special infestment in the muirs as parts of the barony of Coxtoun excluded the defender, […]
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