An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 104 : _Gawan and Gol._ Isl. _bregd-a_, vertere. _To_ BRADE, BRAID, BREDE, BREED, _v. n._ 1.

_Gawan and Gol._

Isl. _bregd-a_, vertere.

_To_ BRADE, BRAID, BREDE, BREED, _v. n._

1. To resemble, to be like in manners; especially as denoting that similarity which characterises the same stock or family; with the prep.

_of_.

_Ferguson's S. Prov._

2. To appear, to be manifest.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _bregd-a_, _bregth-a_, Su. G. _braa_, denote the resemblance of children, in dispositions, to their progenitors. _Bregdur barni til aettar_, progenitoribus suis quisque fere similis est.

_To_ BRADE, BRAID _up_, _v. a._ "To _braid up_ the head," to toss it as a high-mettled horse does, or to carry it high.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _bred-an_, Belg. _breyd-en_, to extend.

_To_ BRAG, _v. a._

1. To reproach, to upbraid.

_Ruddiman._

2. To defy, S. B.

_Morison._

Su. G. _brigd-a_, exprobrare; Isl. _bregd-a_, opprobrare.

BRAGING, _s._ Boasting.

_Gawan and Gol._

BRAGWORT, _s._ Expl. "Mead, a beverage made from the dregs of honey."

Gl. Sibb.

_Braggot_, Gl. Lancash. C. B. _braG.o.d_, id.

_To_ BRAID _up the burde_; marked as used by James I.

BRAID, BRADE, _adj._

1. Broad, S.

_Ritson._

2. Plain, intelligible.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. Isl. _braid_, A. S. _bred_, latus.

BRAID, BRADE, _adv._ Widely.

_Douglas._

BRAID-BAND, BROAD-BAND, _s._

1. Corn laid out, in the harvest field, on the band, but not bound, is said to be _lying in braid-band_, S.

2. _To be laid in broad-band_, metaph. to be fully exposed.

_Z. Boyd._

_To_ BRAIK, _v. n._ To reach.

V. ~Braking~.

_Lyndsay._

BRAIK, s. A threat.

_Douglas._

Isl. _brak-a_, strepo.

BRAIK, BREAK, _s._ An instrument used in dressing hemp or flax, for loosening it from the core, S.

_Watson's Coll._

Teut. _braecke_, id. malleus stuparius, vulgo linifrangibula.

Chapter 104 : _Gawan and Gol._ Isl. _bregd-a_, vertere. _To_ BRADE, BRAID, BREDE, BREED, _v. n._ 1.
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