Part 10
_Brast_ is used in the same sense by R. Glouc.
BRAT, _s._
1. Clothing in general. _The bit and the brat_, S. Food and raiment.
_Scotch Presb. Eloq._
2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean, S. "_Brat_, a coarse apron, a rag, Lincolns." Gl. Grose.
3. Coarse clothing, S.; _dudds_, synon. A. S. _bratt_ signifies both pallium and panniculus; "a cloak, a rag," Somner. C. B. _brathay_, rags.
4. Scum, S. It does not necessarily signify refuse; but is also applied to the cream which rises from milk, especially of what is called a _sour cogue_, or the _floatings_ of boiled whey.
_Statist. Acc._
BRATCHART, _s._ A contemptuous term equivalent to E. _whelp_.
V. ~Brachell~.
_Montgomerie._
From Fr. _bratchet_, a kind of small hound; or immediately formed from _Brach_.
_To_ BRATH, _v. a._ To plait straw-ropes round a stack, crossing them at intervals, S. B.
A. S. _braed-an_, to weave together; Isl. _bregd-a_, nectere fila in funem.
~Brathins~, _s. pl._ The cross ropes of the roof of a thatched house, or stack; also called _etherins_, Ang.
Isl. _bragd_, nexus.
BRATHLY, _adj._ Noisy.
V. ~Braithlie~.
_To_ BRATTYL, BRATTLE, _v. n._
1. To make a clashing or clattering noise, S.
_Douglas._
2. To advance rapidly, making a noise with the feet, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _briot-a_, _bryt-a_, exagitare, hue illucque movere, ut luctantes; Teut. _bortel-en_, tumultuari.
~Brattyl~, ~Brattle~, _s._
1. A clattering noise, as that made by the feet of horses, when prancing, or moving rapidly, S.
_Ross._
2. Hurry, rapid motion of any kind, S.
_Ramsay._
3. A short race, S.
_Burns._
4. Fury, violent attack, S.
_Burns._
BRAVERY, _s._ A bravado, a gasconade.
_Spotswood._
Fr. _braverie_, id. from _braver_, to brave, to play the gallant.
BRAUITIE, _s._
1. A show, a pageant.
_Burel._
2. Finery in dress, S.
V. ~Braw~.
_Burel._
Fr. _braveté_, pour avoir de beaux habits; Gl. Roquefort.
BRAUL, BRAWL, _s._ The same as _Brangle_.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _bransle_, _branle_.
BRAUSHIE, _adj._ Stormy.
V. ~Brash~, _v._
BRAW, BRA', _adj._
1. Fine, gaily dressed, S.
_Morison._
Teut. _brauwe_, ornatus, bellus; Fr. _brave_, id. Isl. _braer_, nitet, splendet.
2. Handsome, S.
_Burns._
3. Pleasant, agreeable, S.
_A. Nicol._
4. Worthy, excellent, S. _A braw man_, a worthy man, S.
Su. G. _braf_, bonus, praestans. _En braf man_, the very phrase still used by the vulgar in S. Germ. _brav_, id. _Braw_ is often used adverbially, as conjoined with the copulative: _Braw and able_, abundantly able for any work or undertaking; _Braw and weel_, in good health.
Hence,
~Brawly~, _adv._ Very well, S. sometimes _brawlins_, Ang.; _browlies_, _browlins_, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
Sw. _Han mor braf_, He is well, Wideg.
~Braws~, _pl._ Fine clothes, one's best apparel, S.
_Ross._
Evidently from the _adj._ sense 1.
BRAWEN, _part. pa._ Perhaps, boiled. A. S. _browen_, coctus.
_Polwart._
_To_ BRAWL, _v. n._ To run into confusion; part. pr. _brawland_.
_Barbour._
Fr. _brouill-er_, to embroil, to confound. Su. G. _bryll-a_, perturbare.
BRAWLIT, _part. pa._ Perhaps marbled, mixed; from the same _v._; Fr. _brouill-er_, to jumble.
_L. Scotland's Lament._
BRAWLINS, _s. pl._ The trailing Strawberry tree, or Bear-berry, S. B. Arbutus uva ursi, Linn. The name is sometimes applied to the fruit of the Vaccinium vitis Idaea, or red bill-berry.
Gael. _braoilag_ denotes a whortleberry.
BRAXY, BRAXES, BRACKS, _s._
1. A disease in sheep, S.
_Statist. Acc._
This is also called _braik_ and _bracks_, Ang. A. S. _breac_, rheuma; _broc_ sickness, disease; Su. G. _brak_, id.
2. A sheep which has died of disease; also, mutton of this description, S.
_Burns._
BRAZE, _s._ A roach.
V. ~Braise~.
BRAZARS, _s. pl._ Armour for the arms.
V. ~Braseris~.
_To_ BRE.
V. ~Biggit~.
_K. Hart._
BRE, BREE, _s._ The eye-brow, S. B.
_Douglas._
"He moved neither _ee nor bree_; i. e. eye nor eyebrow."
V. ~Bra~.
_Ross._
A. S. _breg_, palpebra; Isl. _braa_.
BREADBERRY, _s._ That food of children, which in E. is called _pap_, S.
Perhaps from _bread_ and A. Bor. _berry_, to beat; q. "bruised bread."
BREAK, _s._ A division of land in a farm, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ BREAK, _v. a._ To disappoint, S. B. "_I'se no break you_, I shall not disappoint you," Shirr. Gl.
Isl. _bregd-a_, frustrari aliquem.
BREAK (_of a hill_) _s._ A hollow in a hill, S.
Isl. _breck-a_, crepido, declivitas.
BREARDS, _s. pl._ The short flax recovered from the first tow, by a second hackling. The tow, thrown off by this second hackling, is called _backings_.
_Edin. Courant._
_To_ BREAST, _v. n._ To spring up or forward; a term applied to a horse, S.
_Burns._
From the action of the _breast_ in this effort.
~Breast-woddie~, _s._ That part of the harness of a carriage-horse, which goes round the breast, S. B.
V. ~Rig-Widdie~.
_Journal Lond._
BRECHAME, BRECHEM, _s._ The collar of a working-horse, S.
V. ~Haims~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
_Baurghwan_ is used in the same sense, A. Bor. Gael. Ir. _braigh_, the neck; whence _braighaidain_, a collar. The last syllable has more resemblance of Teut. _hamme_, a collar.
BREDDIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, wreathed.
_Palice of Hon._
A. S. _bred-an_, Teut. _breyd-en_, to wreathe.
BREDE, WYNTER-BREDE, _s._ Provisions for winter.
_Douglas._
This may be merely _bread_. But Isl. _braad_ is rendered, praeda, esca, carnivori animalis.
BREDIR, _s. pl._ Brethren.
V. ~Brodir~.
BREDIS.
~In Bredis~.
V. ~Abreid~.
_Houlate._
_In brede_, as used by Chaucer, is rendered _abroad_.
BREE, BRIE, S. B. BREW, BROO, S. _s._
1. Broth, soup.
_Ross._
"_Bree_, broth without meal," Gl. Yorks.
2. Juice, sauce, S.
"_Breau_ is supping meat, or gravy and fat for brewis," Gl. Yorks.
3. Water; moisture of any kind, S.
_Burns._
Thus _snaw-brue_ is melted snow; _herring-bree_, the brine of a herring-barrel, S.
A. S. _briw_, Germ. _brue_, _bruhe_, id. liquor; q. decoctum, according to Wachter, from _brau-en_, to boil; Isl. _brugg_, calida coctio, from _brugg-a_, coquere.
BREE, _s._ Hurry, bustle.
_Shirrefs._
Su. G. _bry_, turbare, vexare.
BREE, _s._ The eye-brow.
V. ~Bre~.
_To_ BREED _of_, to resemble.
V. ~Brade~.
BREEK, BREIK, _s._ One leg of a pair of breeches, S. pl. _breeks_, _breiks_, breeches.
_Godscroft._
Anc. Goth. and Isl. _brok_; A. S. _braec_, _brec_; Su. G. _braeckor_; C. B. _bryccan_; Gael. _brigis_; Ir. _broages_; Lat. _bracca_, id. From this dress, the Romans gave the name of _Gallia Braccata_ to one part of Gaul.
BREELLS, _s. pl._ Spectacles in general; but more strictly double-jointed spectacles, Clydes.
Germ. _brill_, Su. G. _briller_, id. oculi vitrei, L. B. _berill-us_.
BREER, BRERE, BRAIRD, BREARD, _s._ The first appearance of grain above ground, after it is sown, S.
_A fine breer_, an abundant germination.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _brord_, frumenti spicae, "corn new come up, or the spires of corn," Somner. "_Bruart_, the blades of corn just sprung up;" Gl. Lancash.
_To_ ~Breer~, ~Brere~, ~Breard~, _v. n._ To germinate, to shoot forth from the earth; applied especially to grain, S. _Brerde_, part. pa. Loth, _brairded_.
_Douglas._
~Breirding~, _s._ Germination; used metaph. in relation to divine truth.
_Rutherford._
BREESSIL, _s._ The act of coming on in a hurry, Fife.
A. S. _brastl_, crepitus, strepitus, _brastl-ian_, crepitare, strepere. Isl. _brys_, ardens calor; _bryss-a_, fervide aggredi.
BREGER, _s._ One given to broils and bloodshed.
_Burel._
Fr. _briguer_, a quarrelsome, contentious, or litigious person. The origin is most probably Su. G. _brigd-a_, litigare.
BREHON, _s._ The name given to hereditary judges appointed by authority to determine, on stated times, all the controversies which happened within their respective districts. By the _Brehon_ law, even the most atrocious offenders were not punished with death, imprisonment, or exile; but were obliged to pay a fine called _Eric_.
_Dr. Macpherson._
Ir. _breathav_, _breitheav_, still signifies a judge. Bullet supposes that _Breth_ has been used in this sense by the ancient Gauls; whence _Vergobret_, the name of the supreme magistrate among them. Ir. _Fear go fraith_ literally signifies the man who judges.
_To_ BREY, _v. a._ To terrify.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _breg-an_, id. probably allied to Sw. _bry_, to vex.
_To_ BREID, BREDE, _v. n._ To resemble.
V. ~Brade~, _v. 5_.
BREID, _s._ Breadth. _On breid_, broad, or in breadth.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _braed_; Su. G. _bredd_, id. _Brede_ occurs in O.E.
_R. Brunne._
BREYFE, BREVE, _s._ A writing.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _braue_, literae; Germ. _brief_, a letter; Isl. Su. G. _bref_, epistola, diploma; Fr. _brief_, _breve_, a writ. These are all from Lat. _breve_.
_To_ ~Breif~, ~Breve~, ~Breue~, ~Brew~, _v. a._
1. To write, to commit to writing.
_Palace of Hon._
2. To compose.
_Dunbar._
Alem. _gebriaf-an_, scribere; Su. G. _bebref-wa_, literis confirmare. L. B. _breviare_, in breves redigere.
BREIRD, _s._ The surface, the uppermost part, the top of any thing, as of liquids.
_Melvill's MS._
Evidently the same with ~Brerd~, q. v.
BREITH, _adj._ Proceeding from fervour of mind.
V. ~Braith~.
Su. G. _braede_, ira.
~Breithful~.
V. ~Braithful~.
BREK, _s._ Breach. _Wattir brek_, the breaking out of water.
_Douglas._
BREK, _s._ Uproar, tumult.
_Douglas._
Isl. _brak_, strepitus, tumultus, _eg brak-a_, strepo, cerpo, Su. G. _braak-a_; metaph. de molesto quovis labore.
BREME, _adj._ Furious, Wynt.
V. ~Brim~.
BRENDE, _part. pa._ Burnt, so as to be thoroughly purified.
V. ~Burnt Silver~.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
BRENE, _s._ Corslet, habergeon.
V. ~Birnie~.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
BRENT, _pret. and part._ Burned; S. _brunt_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _brenn-ing_, burning; Isl. _brenn_, ardeo.
BRENT, _adj._ High, straight, upright, S.
_Maitland Poems._
It most frequently occurs in one peculiar application, in connexion with _brow_, as denoting a high forehead, as contra-distinguished from one that is flat.
_Douglas._
A. Bor. _brant_, or _brunt_, steep. A brant hill, Northumb. It is also used in Westmorel. _Brent-brow_, a steep hill; Su. G. _bryn_, vertex montis; Isl. _brun-a_, to lift one's self on high. Meo judicio _bryn_ notat id, quod ceteris superstat, aut prae aliis eminet; Ihre. Isl. _brun_, Germ. _aug-braunen_, Alem. _braane_, the eyebrow. Sw. _brant_, steep; _en brant klippa_, a steep rock.
BRENT-NEW, quite new.
V. ~Brand-new~.
BRERD, _s._ The whole substance on the face of the earth.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _brerd_, summum.
_To_ BRERE, _v. n._ To germinate.
V. ~Breer~.
BRESCHE, _s._ An attack.
_Knox._
Su. G. _brask-a_, sonitum edere, tumultum excitare denotat, a simplici _brask_, sonitus; Ihre. It may, however, be originally the same with _Brash_, q. v.
BRESS, _pl._ Bristles.
_Dunbar._
BRESSIE, _s._ A fish, supposed to be the Wrasse, or Old Wife, Labrus Tinca, Linn.
_Sibbald._
Perhaps radically the same with E. _wrasse_.
BREST, _part. pa._ Forcibly removed; or as denoting the act of breaking away with violence; for _burst_.
_Douglas._
_Breste_, to burst. Chaucer.
BRETH, _s._ Apparently, rage, wrath.
_Houlate._
Su. G. Isl. _braede_, praeceps ira, furor. This is probably allied to _braad-a_, accelerare.
BRETHIR, BRETHER, _s. pl._ Brethren.
_Wyntown._
Isl. and Sw. _broeder_, brethren.
BRETS, _s. pl._ The name given to the Welch or ancient _Britons_, in general; also, to those of Strat-clyde, as distinguished from the Scots and Picts.
_Lord Hailes_.
Wyntown uses _Brettys_ as the pl.
A. S. _Brettas_, Britones; _Bryt_, Brito, Britannus.
BRETTYS, _s._ A fortification.
_Wyntown._
L. B. _breteschia_, _briteschia_. It properly denotes wooden towers or castles: _Bretachiae_, castella lignea, quibus castra et oppida muniebantur, Gallis _Bretesque_, _breteches_; Du Cange. Perhaps radically allied to Su. G, _bryt-a_, to contend, to make war.
_To_ BREVE, _v. a._ To write.
V. ~Breif~.
BREW, _s._ Broth, soup.
V. ~Bree~.
BREW-CREESH, _s._ A term expressive of a duty paid to a landholder or superior, which occurs in old law-deeds. It is still used, Aberd. Sometimes it is called _Brew-tallow_.
BRIBOUR, BRYBOUR, _s._ A low beggarly fellow.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Fr. _bribeur_, "a beggar, a scrap-craver; also, a greedy devourer;" _briber_, to beg; and this from _bribe_, a lump of bread given to a beggar; Cotgr. C. B. _briw_, _brib_, a morsel, a fragment.
BRICHT, BRYCHT, A young woman, strictly as conveying the idea of beauty.
_Wallace._
Merely a poetical use of the adj. _bright_; in the same manner as ancient writers used _fre_, _clere_, &c.
BRID, BRIDDE, _s._ A bird, a pullet.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _brid_ is used for chicken, as also S. _burd_.
BRIDLAND, _part. pre._
_Polwart._
Apparently, q. bridalling, drinking as freely as men do at a bridal.
BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ A bridge, S. A. Bor. Lancash.
_Wallace._
A. S. _bricg_, _brigge_, Su. G. _brygga_, Belg. _brug_, id. Ihre views _brygga_ as a diminutive from _bro_, anc. _bru_, which has the same meaning.
BRIGANER, _s. pl._ A robber, S. B.
Evidently from _brigand_.
_Journ. Lond._
BRIL, _s._ The merry thought of a fowl.
V. ~Breels~.
_Sibbald._
Teut. _bril_, ossiculum circa pectus a specilli similitudine dictum.
BRYLIES, _s. pl._ Bearberries.
V. ~Brawlins~.
BRIM, BRYM, BREME, _adj._
1. Raging, swelling; applied to the sea.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _brim_, the raging of the sea. The word is thus defined; Aestus maris, vehementibus procellis littus verberans; Olai Lex. Run. A. S. _brim_, _brym_, salum, aequor, mare, the sea.
2. Fierce, violent.
_Bellenden._
3. Stern, rugged, applied to the countenance.
_Douglas._
4. Denoting a great degree either of heat or of cold.
_Douglas._
Thus, "a _brim_ frost," is still a common phrase for a severe frost, S. B.
~Brymly~, _adv._ Fiercely, keenly. Wall. vii. 995.
V. ~Artailye~.
BRIM, _s._ A cant term for a trull, Loth.
Callander of Craigforth, in some MS. notes, mentions _brim_, as signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.
_To_ BRYN, BRIN, BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _brinn-a_, Germ. _brenn-an_, id. A. S. _bryne_, burning.
~Brynstane~, _Brynt-stane_, _s._ Brimstone, sulphur.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bryn_, incendium, and _stan_, q. lapis incendii seu incendiarius. Sw. _braensten_, id.
BRIN, BRINN, _s._ A ray, a beam, a flash, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
BRINK.
~To Brink~. Perhaps, inwardly.
_Sir Tristrem._
Q. in pectore; Isl. Su. G. _bring-a_, pectus.
BRINKIT, _part. pa._ Perhaps, bronzed.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _brinna_, to burn, or _braecka_, to roast.
BRISKET, BISKET, _s._ The breast, S.
_Morison._
Fr. _brichet_, id. Perhaps we have the origin of the word in Isl. _briosk_, Sw. _brusk_, gristle. The word in E. denotes "the breast of an animal." It bears this sense also in S., and is sometimes corr. called _briskin_.
BRISMAK, _s._ The name given to Torsk, our Tusk, in Shetland.
BRISSAL, _adj._ Brittle. Gl. Sibb.
Alem. _bruzzi_, fragilitas; Otfrid. Fr. _bresiller_, rompre, briser, mettre en pièces; Gl. Roquefort.
BRISSEL-COCK, _s._ Apparently the turkey-cock.
_Pitscottie._
Denominated perhaps from its rough and _bristly_ appearance; or q. _Brasil-cock_, as, according to Pennant, the turkey was unknown to the old world before the discovery of America. "The first birds of this kind," he supposes, "must have been brought from Mexico."
_To_ BRISSLE, _v. a._ To broil, &c.
V. ~Birsle~.
_To_ BRIST, BRYST, _s._ To burst.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _brest-a_, Dan. _brist-er_, frangi, rumpi, cum fragore (crepitu) dissilire.
BRITH, _s._ A term which seems to mean wrath or contention.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _braede_, anger; _brigd_, controversy; _brigd-a_, to litigate.
_To_ BRITTYN, BRYTEN, BRETYN, _v. a._
1. To break down, in whatever way.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To kill; applied both to man and beast.
V. ~Bertynit~.
_Douglas._
It is also written _bertyn_. A. S. _bryt-an_, Su. G. _bryt-a_, Isl. _briot-a_, frangere.
BRITURE, Houlate iii. 8., is in Bannatyne MS. _brit ure_.
_To_ BRIZE, _v. a._ To bruise.
V. ~Birse~.
BROAD-BAND.
V. ~Braid-band~.
_To_ BROCHE, _v. a._ To prick, to pierce.
_Douglas._
Fr. _brocher un cheval_, to spur a horse, properly to strike him hard with the spurs.
Hence,
~Broche~, _s._
1. A spit.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. "A narrow piece of wood or metal to support the stomacher," Gl. Sibb.
3. A wooden pin on which yarn is wound, S.
_Douglas._
Evidently the same with Fr. _broche_, a spit. Arm. _brochen_ signifies a spit; from _broch-a_, to pierce, transfigere.
BROCHAN, _s._ (gutt.) Oat-meal boiled to a consistence somewhat thicker than gruel, S. It differs from _crowdie_, as this is oat-meal stirred in cold water.
_Martin._
Gael. _brochan_, pottage, also, gruel; C. B. _bryhan_, a sort of flummery.
BROCHE, BRUCHE, BROACH, _s._
1. A chain of gold, a sort of _bulla_, or ornament worn on the breast.
_Douglas._
2. A fibula, a clasp, a breast-pin, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Isl. _bratz_ signifies _fibūla_, Su. G. _braz_, from Isl. _brus-a_, to fasten together. Gael. _broiside_, a clasp; _broisde_, a brooch, Shaw.
BROCHT, _s._ The art of puking.
V. ~Braking~.
_Leg. Bp. St Androis._
C. B. _brock_, spuma.
_To_ BROCK.
V. ~Brok~.
BROCKED, BROAKIT, _adj._ Variegated, having a mixture of black and white, S. A cow is said to be _broakit_, that has black spots or streaks, mingled with white, in her face, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _brokug_, _brokig_, party-coloured; Ir. _breach_, speckled; Gael. _brucach_, speckled in the face.
BROCKLIE, _adj._ Brittle.
V. ~Brukyl~.
BROD, _s._ A board, any flat piece of wood, a lid, S. A. Bor. _breid_, a shelf or board, Ray.
Isl. _broth_, A. S. _braed_, _bred_, id.
_To_ BROD, _v. a._
1. To prick, to job; to spur, S.
_Douglas. Complaynt S._
2. To pierce, used metaph., S.
_Ferguson._
3. To incite, to stimulate; applied to the mind.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _brodd_, cuspis, aculeus; Isl. _brodd_, the point of an arrow; sometimes the arrow itself, a javelin, any pointed piece of iron or steel; _brydd-a_, pungere; Ir. Gael. _brod-am_, to spur, to stimulate.
~Brod~, ~Brode~, _s._
1. A sharp-pointed instrument; as the goad used to drive oxen forward, S.
_Wyntown._
2. A stroke with a sharp-pointed instrument, S.
_Complaynt S._
3. An incitement, instigation.
_Douglas._
~Broddit Staff~, "A staff with a sharp point at the extremity," Gl. Sibb. Also called a _pike-staff_, S. This is the same with _broggit-staff_.
V. ~Brog~.
BRODYRE, BRODIR, _s._ A brother; pl. _bredir_, _bredyre_.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _brodur_, pl. _broeder_.
~Brodir-Dochter~, _s._ A niece, S.
_Wyntown._
_Brodir-son_ or _brother-son_, and _sister-son_, are used in the same manner; and _brother-bairn_ for cousin, S.
A Swed. idiom. _Brorsdotter_, niece; _brorson_, nephew; _brorsbarn_, the children of a brother.
BROD MALE, BRODMELL, _s._ The brood brought forth, or littered, at the same time.
_Douglas._
From A. S. _brod_, proles, and _mael_, tempus; or O. Germ, _mael_, consors, _socius_; whence _ee-ghe-mael_, conjunx, Kilian.
~Brod Sow~, A sow that has a litter.
_Polwart._
_To_ BROG, _v. a._ To pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Hence _broggit staff_, mentioned as a substitute for an ax. The term _prog-staff_ is now used in the same sense, q. v.
~Brog~, _s._
1. A pointed instrument; such as an awl, S.
2. A job with such an instrument, S.
BROG, BROGUE, _s._ A coarse and light kind of shoe, made of horse-leather, much used by the Highlanders, and by those who go to shoot in the hills, S.
Ir. Gael. _brog_, a shoe.
_Lord Hailes._
BROGH, _s._ _Ye man bring brogh and hammer for't_, i. e. You must bring proof for it, Loth.
In the North of Germany, the phrase _burg und emmer_ is used in a similar sense, as denoting legal security. Our _brogh_ and Germ. _burg_ both denote suretyship. The proper meaning of _emmer_ is not known.
_To_ BROGLE, _v. a._ To prick, Loth. _Brog_, synon.
BROGUE, _s._ "_A hum, a trick_," S.
_Burns._
Isl. _brogd_, astus, stratagemata, Verel. _brigd_, id.
BROICE. Leg. _Broite_.
_Barbour._
_To_ BROIGH, _v. n._ To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting; Lanerks.
V. ~Brothe~, from which it is probably corr.
BROILLERIE, _s._ A state of contention.
V. ~Brulyie~.
_Godscroft._
Fr. _brouillerie_, confusion.
BROK, BROCK, BROKS, _s._ Fragments of any kind, especially of meat; S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Moes. G. _ga-bruko_, Alem. _bruch_, id. Hence also Germ. _brocke_, a fragment.
_To_ ~Brok~, ~Brock~, _v. a._ To cut, crumble, or fritter any thing into shreds or small parcels, S.
Apparently formed as a frequentative from _break_; if not immediately from the _s._
BROKAR, _s._ A bawd, a pimp.
_Douglas._
This is merely a peculiar use of E. _broker_.
BROKYLL, _adj._ Brittle.
V. ~Brukyl~.
BROKITTIS, _s. pl._ The same with E. _Brocket_, a red deer of two years old.
Fr. _brocart_, id.
_Douglas._
BRONCHED, _pret._ Pierced.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Probably an error for _broched_, from Fr. _brocher_.
BRONDYN, _part. pa._ Branched.
_Houlate._
Fr. _brondes_, green boughs or branches.
BRONYS, BROUNYS, BROWNIS, _s. pl._ Branches, boughs.
_Douglas._
From the same origin with the preceding word.
_To_ BRONSE, _v. n._ To overheat one's self in a warm sun, or by sitting too near a strong fire, S.
Isl. _bruni_, inflammatio, Moes. G. _brunsts_, incendium.
BRONT, _part. pa._ Burnt, S. _brunt_.
V. ~Bryn~, _v._
_Douglas._
BROO, _s._ Broth, juice, &c.
V. ~Bree~.
BROODIE, _adj._
1. Prolific; applied to the female of any species, that hatches or brings forth many young; as, _a broodie hen_, S.
2. Fruitful, in a general sense, S.
_Z. Boyd._
BROOSE, _s._ A race at country weddings.
V. ~Bruse~.
BROSE, _s._ A kind of pottage made by pouring water or broth on meal, which is stirred while the liquid is poured, S. The dish is denominated from the nature of the liquid, as _water-brose_, _kail-brose_.
_Ross._
A. S. _ceales briu_, kail-broo, S.; _briwas niman_, to take pottage or brose.
BROT, BROTACH, _s._ A quilted cloth or covering, used for preserving the back of a horse from being ruffled by the _Shimach_, on which the pannels are hung, being fastened to a pack-saddle; Mearns.
Isl. _brot_, plicatura.
_To_ BROTCH, _v. a._ To plait straw-ropes round a stack of corn, S. B.; synon. _Brath_, q. v.
Isl. _brus-a_, to fasten.
BROTHE, _s._ "A great _brothe_ of sweet," a vulgar phrase used to denote a violent perspiration, S.
The word may be radically the same with _froth_; or allied to Isl. _braede_, _braedde_, liquefacio.
_To_ ~Brothe~, _v. n._ To be in a state of profuse perspiration, S.
_Chron. S. Poet._
BROTEKINS, BROTIKINS, _s. pl._ Buskins, a kind of half boots.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _brodequin_, Teut. _broseken_, a buskin.
BROUDSTER, _s._ Embroiderer.
V. ~Browdin~.
_Pitscottie._
Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider.
BROUKIT, BROOKED, BRUCKIT, BRUKET, _adj._ The face is said to be _broukit_, when it has spots or streaks of dirt on it, when it is partly clean and partly foul. A sheep, that is streaked or speckled in the face, is designed in the same manner.
_Burns._
There can be no doubt that this is originally the same with ~Brocked~, ~Broakit~. We may add to the etymon there given, Dan. _broged_, variegated; speckled, grisled.
BROW, _s. Nae brow_, no favourable opinion. "An ill _brow_," an opinion preconceived to the disadvantage of any person or thing, S.
_Mary Stewart._
BROWDIN, BROWDEN, _part. pa._ Fond, warmly attached, eagerly desirous, having a strong propensity, S. It often implies the idea of folly in the attachment, or in the degree of it.
_Montgomerie._
"To _browden on_ a thing, to be fond of it. North." Gl. Grose.
It may be formed from Belg. _broed-en_, to brood, to hatch; all creatures being fond of their young.
BROWDYN, _part. pa._ Embroidered.
_Wyntown._
C. B. _brod-io_, and Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider. Isl. _brydd-a_, pungere, _brodd_, aculeus.
BROWDIN, _part. pa._ Expl. "clotted, defiled, filthy," Gl. Sibb.
_Chr. Kirk._
Teut. _brodde_, sordes.
BROWDYNE, _part. pa._ Displayed, unfurled.
_Barbour._
A. S. _braed-an_, to dilate, to expand.
BROWNIE, _s._ A spirit, till of late years supposed to haunt some old houses, those, especially, attached to farms. Instead of doing any injury, he was believed to be very useful to the family, particularly to the servants, if they treated him well; for whom, while they took their necessary refreshment in sleep, he was wont to do many pieces of drudgery, S.
_Douglas._
Ruddiman seems to think that these spirits were called _Brownies_, from their supposed "swarthy or tawny colour." They may be viewed as corresponding with the _Swartalfar_, i. e. _swarthy_ or _black_ elves of the Edda, as the _Liosalfar_, or white elves, are analogous to our _Fairies_.
BROWST, BROWEST, _s._
1. As much malt liquor as is brewed at a time, S.
_Burrow Lawes._
2. Used metaph. to denote the consequences of any one's conduct, especially in a bad sense. This is often called "an ill _browst_," S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _brugg-a raed_, invenire callida consilia; _brugga suik_, struere insidias.