An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 105 : BRAIK, _s._ An internal mortification; a disease among sheep, Ang. V. ~Braxy~. Su. G.

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 braw _brain_," "a strong _brain_," a powerful voice, Ang.

_To_ BRAINDGE, _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; whence _bryne-adl_, a fever; Su. G. _braanad_, fervor, ardor.

~Brayn-wod~, ~Brane-wod~, _adj._ Mad, in a state of insanity.

_Wyntown._

V. ~Brayne~ and ~Wod~.

BRAIRD, _s._ The first sprouting of grain.

V. ~Breer~.

_To_ BRAIS, _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 with ~Braithful~; 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._

_To_ BRAK, _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.