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

_To_ BRAK, _v. n._ To express great sorrow on any account. One says, "I'm 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._