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~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 subst.i.tute 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 coa.r.s.e 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 suretys.h.i.+p. The proper meaning of _emmer_ is not known.
_To_ BROGLE, _v. a._ To p.r.i.c.k, 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~.
_G.o.dscroft._
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.
