An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 103

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.

BRACh.e.l.l, _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.

_s...o...b..aakin_, 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_, a.s.satus.

_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 brandis.h.i.+ng of a sword, or other weapon of this kind.

_Wallace._

Isl. _braad-a_, accelerare. _At bregd-a sverde_, gladium ev.a.g.i.n.are 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 a.s.sault; Rudd.

Isl. _bregd-a manne nidur_, sternere virum.

BRAID, s. a.s.sault, 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.