Gael.bunntaisseems 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, abower. 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. Hencebour-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 sandybowrockstogether."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 calleda 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.
ToBOURD,v. n.To jest, to mock, S.Ramsay.
Fr.bourd-er, id. But this seems to be merely an abbrev. ofbehourd-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. aburrow.Monroe.
From the same origin withBourach.
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 easilyboredby thrusting out the pulp.
BOUSHTY,s.Expl. "bed." Aberd.Shirrefs.
The same withBuisty, 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; formerlybyssor; frombyssa, 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, frombug-an, Belg.buyg-en, flectere.
2. "Blythe, merry," Rudd.
ToBOUT, 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. fromabout, andgaitway.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.Bowis 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; frombogh-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 withBumbart, 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.
BOWESandBILLES, 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 tobougie, 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. Hencebugle-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 isbuys-kool.Burns.
Bow-stock,s.The same. "A bastard may be as good as abow-stock, by a time;" S. Prov.Kelly.
BOWLAND,part. adj.Hooked, crooked.Douglas.
Teut.boghel-en, arcuare.Bowlandis just the part. pr.boghelend, contr.
BOWLIE, BOOLIE,adj.Crooked, deformed;Boolie-backit, humpbacked; sometimes applied to one whose shoulders are very round, SV.Beugle-backed.
Germ.bucklig, Dan.bugelt, id. frombugle, a bunch or hump; and this frombug-en, to bend; Dan.boeyel, crookedness,boeyelig, flexible.
ToBOWN,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.
ToBOX,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; whenceaugnabraa, the eye-brow; andbrattsignifies steep, having an ascent.
ToBRA,v. n.1. To bray.2. To make a loud and disagreeable noise.Douglas.
BRAAL,s.A fragment. "There's nae abraalto 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.rakkecanis, deriving it fromracka,frakka, cursitare.
BRACHEN, (gutt.) BRAIKIN, BRECKEN,s.The female fern, Polypodium filix foemina, Linn.Burns.
In Smoland in Sweden, the female fern is calledbraeken; Sw.stotbraakin, id.Inis 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.
ToBRADE,v. a.To roast.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
A. S.braed-an, id.braedde, assatus.
ToBRADE, 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.
ToBRADE, 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.
ToBRADE, BRAID,v. a.To turn round.Gawan and Gol.
Isl.bregd-a, vertere.
ToBRADE, 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.
ToBRADE, BRAIDup,v. a."Tobraid upthe 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.
ToBRAG,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.
ToBRAIDup 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 belying in braid-band, S.2.To be laid in broad-band, metaph. to be fully exposed.Z. Boyd.
ToBRAIK,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 brawbrain," "a strongbrain," a powerful voice, Ang.
ToBRAINDGE,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; whencebryne-adl, a fever; Su. G.braanad, fervor, ardor.
Brayn-wod,Brane-wod,adj.Mad, in a state of insanity.Wyntown.V.BrayneandWod.
BRAIRD,s.The first sprouting of grain.V.Breer.
ToBRAIS,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 withBraithful; 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.
ToBRAK,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.
ToBRAK,v. n.To express great sorrow on any account. One says, "I'm like tobrak," 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 cowis one that is almost entirely brown, S.
Germ.braun, id.
Minstrelsy Bord.
BRANDEN,part. pa.Grilled.V.Brid.
BRANDNEW, BRENTNEW, a phrase equivalent tospick and span, quite new, S.Ross.
Teut.brand new, id., frombrand, incendium, ustio.
BRANDER, BRANDRETH,s.A gridiron.Wyntown.
S.brander, A. S.brandred, "a brand-iron;" Dan.brandrith; Teut.brand-roede,brander, fulcrum focarium.
ToBRANDER,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.bryneincendium, andwude, wood.
BRANG,pret.Brought, S.J. Nicol.
ToBRANGLE,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.
ToBRANK,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-enandproncken, both signify, ostentare se, dare se spectandum; Germ.prang-en, id.; Su. G.prunk-a, superbire. Wachter givesprang-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 calledThe 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. withjugsor 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 thebrankswhich he wears; thebuffets, S. B.
BRANNOCK,s.The Samlet, or small fish generally known in S. by the name ofPar. Branlin, Yorks.
BRASAND,part. pr.Embracing.
Fr.bras, the arm.
Douglas.
ToBRASE, 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; frombras, the arm, Lat.brach-ium.
ToBRASH,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.brushis 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 thespeaning-brash. We also speak of "abrashof 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.
ToBRAST,v. n.To burst.Douglas.
Brastis 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.brattsignifies 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 asour cogue, or thefloatingsof 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 fromBrach.
ToBRATH,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 calledetherins, Ang.
Isl.bragd, nexus.
BRATHLY,adj.Noisy.V.Braithlie.
ToBRATTYL, 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. frombraver, 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 asBrangle.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.Brawis 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. sometimesbrawlins, 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 theadj.sense 1.
BRAWEN,part. pa.Perhaps, boiled.
A. S.browen, coctus.
Polwart.
ToBRAWL,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 samev.; 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.braoilagdenotes a whortleberry.
BRAXY, BRAXES, BRACKS,s.1. A disease in sheep, S.Statist. Acc.
This is also calledbraikandbracks, Ang. A. S.breac, rheuma;brocsickness, 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.
ToBRE.V.Biggit.K. Hart.
BRE, BREE,s.The eye-brow, S. B.Douglas."He moved neitheree 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 calledpap, S.
Perhaps frombreadand A. Bor.berry, to beat; q. "bruised bread."
BREAK,s.A division of land in a farm, S.Statist. Acc.
ToBREAK,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 calledbackings.Edin. Courant.
ToBREAST,v. n.To spring up or forward; a term applied to a horse, S.Burns.
From the action of thebreastin 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.
Baurghwanis used in the same sense, A. Bor. Gael. Ir.braigh, the neck; whencebraighaidain, 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 merelybread. But Isl.braadis rendered, praeda, esca, carnivori animalis.
BREDIR,s. pl.Brethren.V.Brodir.
BREDIS.
In Bredis.V.Abreid.Houlate.
In brede, as used by Chaucer, is renderedabroad.
BREE, BRIE, S. B. BREW, BROO, S.s.1. Broth, soup.Ross."Bree, broth without meal," Gl. Yorks.2. Juice, sauce, S."Breauis supping meat, or gravy and fat for brewis," Gl. Yorks.3. Water; moisture of any kind, S.Burns.Thussnaw-brueis melted snow;herring-bree, the brine of a herring-barrel, S.
A. S.briw, Germ.brue,bruhe, id. liquor; q. decoctum, according to Wachter, frombrau-en, to boil; Isl.brugg, calida coctio, frombrugg-a, coquere.
BREE,s.Hurry, bustle.Shirrefs.
Su. G.bry, turbare, vexare.
BREE,s.The eye-brow.V.Bre.
ToBREEDof, 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 ofGallia Braccatato 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.
ToBreer,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 theBrehonlaw, even the most atrocious offenders were not punished with death, imprisonment, or exile; but were obliged to pay a fine calledEric.Dr. Macpherson.
Ir.breathav,breitheav, still signifies a judge. Bullet supposes thatBrethhas been used in this sense by the ancient Gauls; whenceVergobret, the name of the supreme magistrate among them. Ir.Fear go fraithliterally signifies the man who judges.
ToBREY,v. a.To terrify.Wyntown.
A. S.breg-an, id. probably allied to Sw.bry, to vex.
ToBREID, 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.Bredeoccurs 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.
ToBreif,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 withBrerd, 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 withbrow, as denoting a high forehead, as contra-distinguished from one that is flat.Douglas.
A. Bor.brant, orbrunt, 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 judiciobrynnotat 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.
ToBRERE,v. n.To germinate.V.Breer.
BRESCHE,s.An attack.Knox.
Su. G.brask-a, sonitum edere, tumultum excitare denotat, a simplicibrask, sonitus; Ihre. It may, however, be originally the same withBrash, 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; forburst.Douglas.
Breste, to burst. Chaucer.
BRETH,s.Apparently, rage, wrath.Houlate.
Su. G. Isl.braede, praeceps ira, furor. This is probably allied tobraad-a, accelerare.
BRETHIR, BRETHER,s. pl.Brethren.Wyntown.
Isl. and Sw.broeder, brethren.
BRETS,s. pl.The name given to the Welch or ancientBritons, in general; also, to those of Strat-clyde, as distinguished from the Scots and Picts.Lord Hailes.
Wyntown usesBrettysas 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, GallisBretesque,breteches; Du Cange. Perhaps radically allied to Su. G,bryt-a, to contend, to make war.
ToBREVE,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 calledBrew-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 frombribe, 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 usedfre,clere, &c.
BRID, BRIDDE,s.A bird, a pullet.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
A. S.bridis 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 viewsbryggaas a diminutive frombro, anc.bru, which has the same meaning.
BRIGANER,s. pl.A robber, S. B.
Evidently frombrigand.
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, "abrimfrost," 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, mentionsbrim, as signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.
ToBRYN, 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, andstan, 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, orbraecka, 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. calledbriskin.
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 andbristlyappearance; 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."
ToBRISSLE,v. a.To broil, &c.V.Birsle.
ToBRIST, 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.
ToBRITTYN, 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 writtenbertyn. A. S.bryt-an, Su. G.bryt-a, Isl.briot-a, frangere.
BRITURE, Houlate iii. 8., is in Bannatyne MS.brit ure.
ToBRIZE,v. a.To bruise.V.Birse.
BROAD-BAND.V.Braid-band.
ToBROCHE,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.brochensignifies a spit; frombroch-a, to pierce, transfigere.
BROCHAN,s.(gutt.) Oat-meal boiled to a consistence somewhat thicker than gruel, S. It differs fromcrowdie, 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 ofbulla, or ornament worn on the breast.Douglas.2. A fibula, a clasp, a breast-pin, S.Muses Threnodie.
Isl.bratzsignifiesfibūla, 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.
ToBROCK.V.Brok.