Gael. bunntais seems merely a corr. of this word.
BOUR, BOURE, s. A chamber; sometimes
a retired apartment, such as ladies
were wont to possess in ancient times.
Douglas.
A. S. bur, bure, conclave, an inner chamber, a parlour, a bower. Teut. buer, id. Dan. buur, conclave, Su. G. Isl. bur, habitaculum. Isl. jungfrubur, gynaeceum, ubi olim filiae familias habitabant; literally, the young lady's bower. Hence bour-bourding, jesting in a lady's chamber, Pink.
BOURACH, BOWROCK, s.
1. An inclosure;
applied to the little houses that
children build for play, especially those
made in the sand, S.
Kelly.
"We'll never big sandy bowrocks together."
S. Prov. Kelly.
2. A crowd, a ring, a circle, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dialect.
3. A confused heap of any kind, S. B.
Such a quantity of body-clothes as is
burdensome to the wearer, is called a
bourach of claise; Ang.
Statist. Acc.
4. A cluster, as of trees, S.
Ferguson.
A. S. beorh, burg, an inclosure, a heap; Su. G. borg.
Burrach'd, Bourach'd, part. pa. Inclosed,
environed, S. B.
Ross.
BOURACH, BORRACH, s. A band put round a cow's hinder legs at milking, S.
Gael. buarach.
BOURBEE, s. The spotted Whistle fish,
S.
Sibbald.
To BOURD, v. n. To jest, to mock, S.
Ramsay.
Fr. bourd-er, id. But this seems to be merely an abbrev. of behourd-ir, bohord-er, to just together with lances. Bohord, behord, is originally a Gothic word, as being used by old Northern writers.
BOURD, BOURE, s. A jest, a scoff, S.
Kelly.
Houlate.
BOURIE, s. A hole made in the earth
by rabbits, or other animals that hide
themselves there; E. a burrow.
Monroe.
From the same origin with Bourach.
BOURTREE, BORETREE, BOUNTREE,
s. Common elder, a tree; Sambucus
nigra, Linn.; A. Bor. Burtree.
Lightfoot.
It seems to have received its name from its being hollow within, and thence easily bored by thrusting out the pulp.
BOUSHTY, s. Expl. "bed." Aberd.
Shirrefs.
The same with Buisty, q. v.
BOUSTOUR, BOWSTOWRE, s. A
military engine, anciently used for battering
walls.
Wyntown.
Su. G. byssa, bossa, signifies a mortar, an engine for throwing bombs; Bombarda, Ihre; formerly byssor; from byssa, theca, a box, or case; because in these tubes, as in cases, bullets are lodged.
BOUSUM, BOWSOM, adj.
1. Pliant,
tractable.
Palice Honour.
A. S. bocsum, buhsum, obediens, tractabilis, from bug-an, Belg. buyg-en, flectere.
2. "Blythe, merry," Rudd.
To BOUT, BOWT, v. n. To spring, to
leap, S. "bouted up," Rudd. vo. up-boltit.
Lyndsay.
Teut. botten, op-bott-en, to rebound, resilire.
BOUT, s. A sudden jerk in entering or leaving an apartment; a hasty entrance or departure; the act of coming upon one by surprise; S.
BOUTGATE, s.
1. A circuitous road, a
way which is not direct, S. from about,
and gait way.
Ross.
2. A circumvention, a deceitful course,
S.
R. Bruce.
3. An ambiguity, or an equivocation, in
discourse.
Bp. Forbes.
BOW, s. A boll; a dry measure, S.
Monroe.
BOW, BOLL, LINTBOW, s. The globule
which contains the seed of flax.
Bow is the pron. S.
Polwart.
Germ. boll, id. oculus et gemma plantae, caliculus ex quo flos erumpit; Wachter.
BOW, BOWE, s.
1. The herd in general;
whether inclosed in a fold or not.
Douglas.
2. A fold for cows, S.
Bannatyne Poems.
Su. G. bo, bu, either the herd or the flock; armenta, pecora, grex; Dan. boe, a shed, booth or stall.
BOW, s.
1. An arch, a gateway, S.
Knox.
2. The arch of a bridge, S.
Muses Threnodie.
Teut. boghe, id. arcus, concameratio; from bogh-en, flectere; A. S. bog-a, "an arch of a bridge or other building;" Somner.
BOW, s. As applied to a house.
V. Boo.
BOWAND, adj. Crooked.
Douglas.
A. S. bugend, id.
BOWAT, s. A hand-lanthern.
V. Bowet.
BOWBARD, s. A dastard, a person destitute
of spirit.
Douglas.
Teut. boeverje, nequitia. Or, shall we rather view it as originally the same with Bumbart, q. v.?
BOWBERT, adj. Lazy, inactive.
Douglas.
BOWDEN, part. pa. Swollen.
V. Boldin.
BOWELHIVE, s. An inflammation of
the bowels, to which children are subject,
S.
V. Hive, v.
Pennecuik.
BOWES and BILLES, A phrase used
by the English, in former times, for giving
an alarm in their camp or military
quarters.
Knox.
BOWET, BOWAT, s. A hand-lanthern,
S. Bowit, A. Bor.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Perhaps from Fr. bougette, a little coffer; if not allied to bougie, a small wax-candle.
BOWGER, s. The puffin, or coulter-neb,
a bird; alca arctica, Linn.
Martin.
BOWGLE, s. A wild ox, a buffalo.
Dunbar.
Lat. bucul-us, a young ox. Hence bugle-horn.
BOWIE, s.
1. A small barrel or cask, open
at one end; S.
Ferguson.
2. It denotes a small tub for washing, S.
3. It also sometimes signifies a milk
pail, S.
Ramsay.
Fr. buie, a water-pot or pitcher; Cotgr.
Hence,
BOWIEFU', s. The fill of a small tub, S.
J. Nicol.
BOW-KAIL, s. Cabbage, S. so called
from the circular form of this plant. For
the same reason its Belg. name is buys-kool.
Burns.
Bow-stock, s. The same. "A bastard
may be as good as a bow-stock, by a
time;" S. Prov.
Kelly.
BOWLAND, part. adj. Hooked, crooked.
Douglas.
Teut. boghel-en, arcuare. Bowland is just the part. pr. boghelend, contr.
BOWLIE, BOOLIE, adj. Crooked, deformed;
Boolie-backit, humpbacked;
sometimes applied to one whose shoulders
are very round, S
V. Beugle-backed.
Germ. bucklig, Dan. bugelt, id. from bugle, a bunch or hump; and this from bug-en, to bend; Dan. boeyel, crookedness, boeyelig, flexible.
To BOWN, v. a. To make ready.
V. Boun, v.
BOWRUGIE, s. Burgess; the third estate
in a Parliament or Convention; in
resemblance of Fr. bourgeois.
Wallace.
BOWSIE, adj. Crooked, S.
Fr. bossu, id.
BOWSUNES, s. Obedience.
Wyntown.
A. S. bocsumnesse, obedientia.
BOWT, s.
1. A bolt, a shaft; in general.
Chron. S. Poet.
2. A thunderbolt, S.
Ross.
To BOX, v. a. To wainscot, to cover with boards, S.
BOXING, s. Wainscotting; Sir J. Sinclair, p. 170., S.
BRA, BRAE, BRAY, s.
1. The side of
a hill, an acclivity, S.
Barbour.
2. The bank of a river, S. Breea, A.
Bor. id.
3. A hill, S.
Ross.
4. Conjoined with a name, it denotes
the upper part of a country; as "Bra-mar,
Bra-Cat, the Braes of Angus;" S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
To gae down the brae, metaph. to be in
a declining state, in whatever sense; to
have the losing side, S.
C. B. bre, a mountain, pl. breon, bryn; Gael. bre, bri, brigh, a hill. Isl. braa, cilium, the brow; whence augnabraa, the eye-brow; and bratt signifies steep, having an ascent.
To BRA, v. n.
1. To bray.
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.
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.