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.

BUBBLY, adj. snotty.

BUBBLYJOCK, s. a turkey-cock.