The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
birlaw — obs. form of byrlaw … Useful english dictionary
birley — Birlaw Bir law, n. [See {By}{ law}.] (Law) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by law. [Written also {byrlaw}, {birlie}, {birley}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
birlie — Birlaw Bir law, n. [See {By}{ law}.] (Law) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by law. [Written also {byrlaw}, {birlie}, {birley}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
byrlaw — Birlaw Bir law, n. [See {By}{ law}.] (Law) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by law. [Written also {byrlaw}, {birlie}, {birley}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
By-law — (b[imac] l[add] ), n. [Cf. Sw. bylag, D. bylov, Icel. b[=y]arl[ o]g, fr. Sw. & Dan. by town, Icel. b[ae]r, byr (fr. b[^u]a to dwell) + the word for law; hence, a law for one town, a special law. Cf. {Birlaw} and see {Law}.] 1. A local or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barley — barley1 /bahr lee/, n. 1. a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node. 2. the grain of this plant … Universalium
