Part 10
2. To make a loud and disagreeable noise.
_Douglas._
BRAAL, _s._ A fragment. "There's nae a _braal_ to the fore," There is not a fragment remaining, Ang.
BRABBLACH, _s._ The refuse of any thing; as of corn, meat, &c. Fife.
Gael. _prabal_, id.
BRACE, _s._ A chimney-piece, a mantle-piece, S.
BRACHELL, _s._ A dog; properly, one employed to discover or pursue game by the scent.
_Wallace._
Alem. _brak_; Germ. _brack_, id. canis venaticus, forte investigator; O. Fr. _brachez_. Verel. expl. Isl. _rakke_ canis, deriving it from _racka_, _frakka_, cursitare.
BRACHEN, (gutt.) BRAIKIN, BRECKEN, _s._ The female fern, Polypodium filix foemina, Linn.
_Burns._
In Smoland in Sweden, the female fern is called _braeken_; Sw. _stotbraakin_, id. _In_ is a termination in Gothic, denoting the female gender.
ROYAL BRACHENS, _s. pl._ The flowering fern, S. Osmunda regalis, Linn.
_Lightfoot._
BRACKS, _s._ A disease of sheep.
V. ~Braxy~.
BRAD, _part. pa._ Roasted.
V. next word.
_To_ BRADE, _v. a._ To roast.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _braed-an_, id. _braedde_, assatus.
_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. n._
1. To move quickly, to take long steps in rapid succession.
_Douglas._
2. To spring, to start.
_Gawan and Gol._
3. To break out, to issue with violence.
_Douglas._
4. To draw out quickly; used actively, especially with respect to the unsheathing or brandishing of a sword, or other weapon of this kind.
_Wallace._
Isl. _braad-a_, accelerare. _At bregd-a sverde_, gladium evaginare vel stringere. A. S. _braed-an_, exerere, stringere.
BRADE, BRAIDE, _s._ A start, a spring, a quick motion of the body.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _bregd_, versura.
_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. a._ To attack, to assault; Rudd.
Isl. _bregd-a manne nidur_, sternere virum.
BRAID, s. Assault, aim to strike.
_Douglas._
It is used in a similar sense, O. E. Isl. _bregd_, nisus, an attempt, an exertion.
BRADE, _adj._; S.
V. ~Braid~.
_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. a._ To turn round.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _bregd-a_, vertere.
_To_ BRADE, BRAID, BREDE, BREED, _v. n._
1. To resemble, to be like in manners; especially as denoting that similarity which characterises the same stock or family; with the prep. _of_.
_Ferguson's S. Prov._
2. To appear, to be manifest.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _bregd-a_, _bregth-a_, Su. G. _braa_, denote the resemblance of children, in dispositions, to their progenitors. _Bregdur barni til aettar_, progenitoribus suis quisque fere similis est.
_To_ BRADE, BRAID _up_, _v. a._ "To _braid up_ the head," to toss it as a high-mettled horse does, or to carry it high.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _bred-an_, Belg. _breyd-en_, to extend.
_To_ BRAG, _v. a._
1. To reproach, to upbraid.
_Ruddiman._
2. To defy, S. B.
_Morison._
Su. G. _brigd-a_, exprobrare; Isl. _bregd-a_, opprobrare.
BRAGING, _s._ Boasting.
_Gawan and Gol._
BRAGWORT, _s._ Expl. "Mead, a beverage made from the dregs of honey." Gl. Sibb.
_Braggot_, Gl. Lancash. C. B. _bragod_, id.
_To_ BRAID _up the burde_; marked as used by James I.
BRAID, BRADE, _adj._
1. Broad, S.
_Ritson._
2. Plain, intelligible.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. Isl. _braid_, A. S. _bred_, latus.
BRAID, BRADE, _adv._ Widely.
_Douglas._
BRAID-BAND, BROAD-BAND, _s._
1. Corn laid out, in the harvest field, on the band, but not bound, is said to be _lying in braid-band_, S.
2. _To be laid in broad-band_, metaph. to be fully exposed.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ BRAIK, _v. n._ To reach.
V. ~Braking~.
_Lyndsay._
BRAIK, s. A threat.
_Douglas._
Isl. _brak-a_, strepo.
BRAIK, BREAK, _s._ An instrument used in dressing hemp or flax, for loosening it from the core, S.
_Watson's Coll._
Teut. _braecke_, id. malleus stuparius, vulgo linifrangibula.
BRAIK, _s._ An internal mortification; a disease among sheep, Ang.
V. ~Braxy~.
Su. G. _braeck_, a defect of any kind.
BRAIKIT, _adj._ Speckled, S.
Ir. _breac_, _brek_, id.
BRAYMEN, _s. pl._ The name given to those who inhabit the southern declivity of the Grampian hills, S.
_D. Buchanan._
BRAIN, _s._ Voice. "A braw _brain_," "a strong _brain_," a powerful voice, Ang.
_To_ BRAINDGE, _v. n._ "To run rashly forward," S. O.
_Burns._
Shall we view this as an oblique sense of Belg. _brins-en_, to neigh?
BRAYNE, BRANE, _adj._ Mad, furious.
_Douglas._
A. S. _brinn-an_, to burn, _bren_, _bryne_, fervor; whence _bryne-adl_, a fever; Su. G. _braanad_, fervor, ardor.
~Brayn-wod~, ~Brane-wod~, _adj._ Mad, in a state of insanity.
_Wyntown._
V. ~Brayne~ and ~Wod~.
BRAIRD, _s._ The first sprouting of grain.
V. ~Breer~.
_To_ BRAIS, _v. a._ To embrace.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _bras_, the arm, whence embrace, q. _in arms_.
BRAIS, _s. pl._ Snares, gins.
_Douglas._
A. S. _braegd_, figmentum, _braegden_, fraud; _gebraegdas_, crafts, frauds, subtile contrivances; Isl. Su. G. _bragd_, fraus.
BRAISE, BRAZE, _s._ The Roach, a fish, S.
_Ure._
Sw. _brazen_, cyprinus brama, bream; Teut. _braessem_, id. cyprinus latus.
BRAITH, _adj._ Violent, severe.
_Wallace._
Isl. Su. G. _braede_, ira, animi fervor.
BRAITHFUL, BREITHFUL, _adj._ Sharp, violent.
_Douglas._
BRAITHLIE, _adj._ The same with ~Braithful~; or perhaps in the sense of struggling.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bryt-a_, _brott-as_, Isl. _briot-a_, luctare.
BRAITHLY, _adv._ Violently, with great force.
_Wallace._
_To_ BRAK, _v. n._ To break, S. B.
_Ross._
A. S. _brac-an_, id. Isl. _eg braaka_, frango.
BRAKE, _s._ A large and heavy kind of harrow, chiefly used for breaking in rough ground, S.
_To_ BRAK, _v. n._ To express great sorrow on any account. One says, "I'm like to _brak_," S. B.
This is probably allied to Isl. _braek_, _brek_, wailing.
BRAK, BRAKE, _adj._ Somewhat salt, brackish.
_Douglas._
Belg. _brack_, salsus.
BRAKING, _s._ Puking, reaching, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut, _braeck-en_, to vomit, _braecke_, nausea.
BRALD, _part. pa._ Decked, dressed.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _brell-er_, to glitter.
BRANDED, _part. pa._ Bordered, having a margin.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Germ. _braun_, Isl. _brun_, limbus.
BRANDED, BRANNIT, _adj._ Having a reddish-brown colour, as if singed by fire.
_A branded cow_ is one that is almost entirely brown, S.
Germ. _braun_, id.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
BRANDEN, _part. pa._ Grilled.
V. ~Brid~.
BRANDNEW, BRENTNEW, a phrase equivalent to _spick and span_, quite new, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _brand new_, id., from _brand_, incendium, ustio.
BRANDER, BRANDRETH, _s._ A gridiron.
_Wyntown._
S. _brander_, A. S. _brandred_, "a brand-iron;" Dan. _brandrith_; Teut. _brand-roede_, _brander_, fulcrum focarium.
_To_ BRANDER, _v. a._ To broil on a grid-iron, to grill, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
BRANDRETH.
V. ~Brander~.
BRANDUR, _s._ A border.
V. ~Branded~.
BRANE, _s._ Bran, the husks of corn ground.
_Dunbar._
BRANEWOD, _s._ Wood for burning.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _bryne_ incendium, and _wude_, wood.
BRANG, _pret._ Brought, S.
_J. Nicol._
_To_ BRANGLE, _v. n._
1. To shake, to vibrate.
_Douglas._
2. To menace, to make a threatening appearance.
_Douglas._
3. To shake, applied to the mind; to confound, to throw into disorder; used actively.
_Godscroft._
Fr. _branl-er_, to shake; Su. G. _brang-as_, cum labore perrumpere velle.
BRANGILL, _s._ A kind of dance.
_Douglas._
Fr. _branle_, "a brawle, or daunce, wherein many men and women move all together;" Cotgr.
BRANIT, _part. pa._ Brawned; a term formed from E. _brawn_, the fleshy or musculous part of the body.
_Dunbar._
_To_ BRANK, _v. a._
1. To bridle, to restrain.
_Godly Sangs._
2. _v. n._ To raise and toss the head, as spurning the bridle; applied to horses.
_Douglas._
3. To bridle up one's self.
_Maitland Poems._
4. To prance, to caper.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _brank-en_ and _proncken_, both signify, ostentare se, dare se spectandum; Germ. _prang-en_, id.; Su. G. _prunk-a_, superbire. Wachter gives _prang-en_, as also signifying, premere, coarctare.
BRANKEN, _part. pr._ Gay, lively, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
BRANKS, _s. pl._
1. A sort of bridle, often used by country people in riding. Instead of leather, it has on each side a piece of wood joined to a halter, to which a bit is sometimes added; but more frequently a kind of wooden noose resembling a muzzle, S.
_Montrose's Mem._
Within these few years, an iron bit was preserved in the steeple of Forfar, formerly used, in that very place, for torturing the unhappy creatures who were accused of witchcraft. It was called _The Witch's Branks_.
Gael. _brancas_, a halter. But our word seems originally the same with Teut. _pranghe_, _muyl-pranghe_, postomis, pastomis, confibula; instrumentum quod naribus equorum imponitur; Kilian.
2. _Branks_, I suspect, is sometimes used in S. as synon. with _jugs_ or pillory.
_Howie._
BRANKS, _s. pl._ A swelling in the chops, S. A. from the compression of the parts, as the chops of a horse are compressed by the _branks_ which he wears; the _buffets_, S. B.
BRANNOCK, _s._ The Samlet, or small fish generally known in S. by the name of _Par. Branlin_, Yorks.
BRASAND, _part. pr._ Embracing.
Fr. _bras_, the arm.
_Douglas._
_To_ BRASE, BRASS, _v. a._ To bind, to tie.
_Wallace._
Fr. _embrass-er_, to bind.
BRASERIS, BRASARIS, _s. pl._ Vambraces, armour for the arms.
_Wallace._
Fr. _brassar_, _brassard_, _brassart_, id.; brachiale ferreum; from _bras_, the arm, Lat. _brach-ium_.
_To_ BRASH, _v. a._ To assault, to attack.
V. ~Bresche~.
_Sir W. More._
Teut. _broes-en_, tempestuosum et furentem ventum spirare; or from A. S. _beraes-an_, impetuose proruere, irruere.
BRASH, BRASHE, _s._ An effort, an attack, an assault; as E. _brush_ is used.
_Muses Thren._
BRASHY, BRAUSHIE, _adj._ Stormy, S.
_J. Nicol._
BRASH, _s._ A transient attack of sickness; a bodily indisposition of whatever kind, S. _Quhither_, synon. S. B.
_Burns._
The disorder to which children are often subject after being weaned, is called the _speaning-brash_. We also speak of "a _brash_ of the teeth." This, perhaps, is merely a different sense of the s. as explained above. Isl. _breisk_, however, signifies infirm, _breiskleike_, weakness, G. Andr.
BRASHY, _adj._ Delicate in constitution, subject to frequent ailments, S.
_To_ BRAST, _v. n._ To burst.
_Douglas._
_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._