BURL'Y, adjective [The sense probably is swelled.] Great in size; bulky; timid; falsely great; boisterous. This word is obsolete or nearly so in America; but hurly-burly is common in vulgar use, for noise, confusion, uproar.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.