Obs. Sc. Also buler. [Perh. the same word as prec., but influenced in sense by OF. bullir to BOIL.]
1. a. intr. To boil, to foam; to rush foaming. b. trans. To wash up in foaming waves.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, I. iii. 26. The stowr wp bullerit sand as it war wind. Ibid., I. iii. 50. Salt watter stremis Fast bullerand in at every rift. Ibid., XI. xi. 34. Amasenus, that river … Abuf the brais bulryt as it war wod.
2. intr. To make bubbles or foam.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., II. 259. Full mony berne lay bulrand in his blude.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. 231. The king was liand bullerand in his blude.
a. 1555. Lyndesay, Trag., 338. Quhow I laye bulrand, baithit in my blude.
Hence Bullering ppl. a.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, V. (1822), 457. Thay sank doun and perist in the depe bullerand strenes.
1537. Lyndesay, Deplor. Q. Magd., 45. So did this prince [swim] throw bulryng stremis wode. Ibid. (1552), Monarche, 1553. The gret Occiane … did nocht spred sic bulryng strandis As it dois now.
