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braalins, bralans, bralins, brawlans, brawlins, breilachs, breilacs, breylachs, brylachs, brylies,
brawlins [ˈbrɑːlɪnz, ˈbrɔː-, N. I. ˈbraː-]
also brylachs [ˈbrəilɪçs, ˈbrəiləxs]
n. The cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos or cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and MN. the red billberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea or strawberry tree Arbutus unedo.
braan, bran, brand, braun, brawn, brawnd,
brawn [brɑːn, brɔːn, N. I. braːn]
n. Brawn, a fleshy part of the body, calf of the leg. A boar for the table.
braxie, braxies, braxy,
braxy [ˈbraksɪ]
n. A disorder in sheep. Braxy. A sheep suffering from that disease.
also in pl. braxies
brae, bray,
bray [breː]
v. To push, to shove with the expenditure of considerable force.
breach, breack, break, breich, bretsh,
breach [britʃ, I.Sh. brɛtʃ]
n. A breach. The breaking of waves on a rocky shore.
v. To breach.
breallachan, brollachan, brullachan,
breallachan [ˈbrʌlaxən]
n. Gael.The razor-shell Ensis arcuatus or perhaps Mya truncata.
brachin, braighin, braighum, brecham, brechan, brechem, brehan,
brecham [brɛxm, brɛxn]
n. A horse collar.
brachan, bracken, breacan, brechan,
brechan [ˈbrɛxən, ˈbraxən]
n. A Highland plaid.
 
From Gaelic Breacan.
Brechin, Breichin,
Brechin [ˈbriçɪn]
pn. Brechin (Angus).
bray, bree, breear, breears, breeir, breeirs, breer, breer, breers, breir, breirs, bri, brie, brieers, brier, brier, briers, briers,
bree [briː]
n. The eyebrow, the brow, forehead.
also the pl. breer [briːr, briər, MN. briɪr] used for an eyelash.
Double pl. breers [briːrz etc.] The eyelashes.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
by the breers o the een: By the skin of his teeth.

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