BURRAY, an island, forming part of the ancient parish of St. Peter, island of South Ronaldshay, South isles of Orkney; containing 532 inhabitants. This is a low island, bounded on the south by Water Sound, and on the north by Holm Sound; it is about four miles in length, and one in breadth. The soil, which affords good pasturage, is in general a light dry sand, mixed in a few places with some coarse clay. Fishing is the employment of a large portion of the population. Across Water Sound is a ferry, a mile broad, to the island of Ronaldshay.