e fern.
_To_ BRACK, _v. a._ to break.
BRACKIT, BRACKET, BRUCKIT, _adj._ speckled.
BRAE, _s._ tho side of a hill; an acclivity.
_To_ BRAG, _v. a._ 1. to defy; 2. to reproach.
BRAID, BRADE, _adj._ wide; broad.
BRANDNEW. See BRENTNEW.
BRANDER, _s._ a gridiron.
_To_ BRANDER, _v. n._ to broil.
BRANG, _part. pa._ brought.
BRANKS, _s._ a swelling in the glands of the neck.
BRAT, _s._ a coarse apron.
BRATCHET, BRATCHART, _s._ an opprobrious term, equivalent
to _whelp_.
BRAW, BRA, _adj._ fine; gaily-dressed.
BRAWLY, BRAVELY, _adv._ very well.
BRAWS, _s._ fine clothes; a person's best suit.
BRAXY, BRACKS, _s._ a disease in sheep.
BREADBERRY, _s._ pap, used as food for children.
BREAK (_of a hill_,) _s._ a hollow cleft in a hill.
BRECHAME, BRECHEM, _s._ the collar of a horse.
BREE, BRIE, BREW, BROO, _s._ broth; soup.
BRE, BREE, _s._ the eyebrow.
BREEKS, BREIKS, _s._ breeches.
BREER, BREARD, _s._ the first blades of grain which appear
above ground.
_To_ BREER, _v. n._ to germinate.
BREID, _s._ breadth.
BRENT, _adj._ high; straight; upright.
BRENTNEW, quite new.
BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ a bridge.
_To_ BRIZE, BIRSE, _v. a._ to bruise; to drive or
push.
BROCHAN, _s._ oatmeal boiled to a consistence thicker than
gruel.
BROCK, _s._ a badger.
BROCKED, BROCKET, _adj._ streaked and spotted, as a
_brockit cow_.
BROCKLIE, _adj._ brittle.
BROD, _s._ a flat piece of wood; a board.
_To_ BROG, _v. a._ to pierce.
BROGUE, _s._ a coarse kind of shoe made of horse leather
with the hair on, used by Highlanders.
BROK, _s._ refuse; fragments.
BROO, _s._ broth.
BROONIE, _s._ a spirit supposed to haunt farm-houses, and
which, if treated well, performed the duties of the servants
while they were sleeping.
BROSE, _s._ a kind of food made by pouring hot water on
oatmeal, and mixing them together. _Kail-brose_ is made by
substituting broth for water.
BROWST, _s._ the quantity of malt liquor brewed at one
time.
BRUGH, BURGH, _s._ a borough; a circular encampment; the
hazy circle round the moon.
BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, _v. a._ _To ride the bruise_,
to run a race on horseback at country weddings. Metaphorically--
to contend; to strive.
_To_ BRUSH, _v. a._ to rush forth with speed.
BU, BOO, _s._ a sound often made use of to excite terror in
children. _Bu-man,_ the devil, or a goblin; an imaginary
evil being; a phrase used to keep children in subjection.
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