An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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.
BRACh.e.l.l, _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.
_s...o...b..aakin_, 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_, a.s.satus.
_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 brandis.h.i.+ng of a sword, or other weapon of this kind.
_Wallace._
Isl. _braad-a_, accelerare. _At bregd-a sverde_, gladium ev.a.g.i.n.are 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 a.s.sault; Rudd.
Isl. _bregd-a manne nidur_, sternere virum.
BRAID, s. a.s.sault, 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.
