An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 108

BRASH, BRASHE, _s._ An effort, an attack, an a.s.sault; as E. _brush_ is used.

_Muses Thren._

BRASHY, BRAUs.h.i.+E, _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 const.i.tution, 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 coa.r.s.e kind of ap.r.o.n for keeping the clothes clean, S. "_Brat_, a coa.r.s.e ap.r.o.n, a rag, Lincolns." Gl. Grose.

3. Coa.r.s.e clothing, S.; _dudds_, synon. A. S. _bratt_ signifies both pallium and panniculus; "a cloak, a rag," Somner. C. B. _brathay_, rags.

4. Sc.u.m, 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. ~Brach.e.l.l~.

_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 clas.h.i.+ng 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._