An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 106
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 106
_To_ BRAK, _v. n._ To express great sorrow on any account. One says, "Im 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._