An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 116

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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 _fibula_, 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~.

BROCKED, BROAKIT, _adj._ Variegated, having a mixture of black and white, S. A cow is said to be _broakit_, that has black spots or streaks, mingled with white, in her face, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _brokug_, _brokig_, party-coloured; Ir. _breach_, speckled; Gael. _brucach_, speckled in the face.

BROCKLIE, _adj._ Brittle.

V. ~Brukyl~.

BROD, _s._ A board, any flat piece of wood, a lid, S. A. Bor. _breid_, a shelf or board, Ray.

Isl. _broth_, A. S. _braed_, _bred_, id.

_To_ BROD, _v. a._

1. To p.r.i.c.k, to job; to spur, S.

_Douglas. Complaynt S._

2. To pierce, used metaph., S.

_Ferguson._

3. To incite, to stimulate; applied to the mind.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _brodd_, cuspis, aculeus; Isl. _brodd_, the point of an arrow; sometimes the arrow itself, a javelin, any pointed piece of iron or steel; _brydd-a_, pungere; Ir. Gael. _brod-am_, to spur, to stimulate.

~Brod~, ~Brode~, _s._

1. A sharp-pointed instrument; as the goad used to drive oxen forward, S.

_Wyntown._

2. A stroke with a sharp-pointed instrument, S.

_Complaynt S._

3. An incitement, instigation.

_Douglas._

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