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brachen, brachens, bracken, brackens, brakem, breakin, brechan, brechans, breckan, breckans, breckem, brecken,
brachen [ˈbraxən, brɛxən]
n. Bracken. A larger species of fern such as Pteridium aquilinum.
pl. brachens ferns.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
leddy brachen: S. SW. The lady fern Athyrium filix-femina.
ryal brachens: The royal fern Osmunda regalis.
brachle, brauchle,
brachle [braxl]
v. To move noisily.
brack, brackie-bree, bracky-bree, brak, brakie-bree, braky-bree, saatbrack, sautbrack, saut-brack,
brack [brak]
n. Brine.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
saut-brack: I.Sh. The spray and foam from breaking surge.
bracky-bree: The sea.
bracket, brecket,
bracket [ˈbrakɪt]
n. A bracket.
brade, braid,
brade [bred]
n. A start, a spring, a quick motion of the body.
v. To move quickly, to take long steps in rapid succession. To spring, to start.
pt. brade
brae, braeheed, braeheid, braeset, bray, brea,
brae [bre]
n. The brow of a hill. A hill or hillside, the high ground adjoining a river bank. A road which has a steep gradient.
pl. braes Upland, mountainous district.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
braeheid: The top of a slope.
braeset: Situated on a slope.
braeheed, Braeheid,
Braeheid [ˈbrehid]
pn. Braehead (the top of a slope).
Braemar,
Braemar [ˈbremar]
pn. Braemar (Aberdeenshire).
braed, braid, braiden, bread, breid, brod, haund-braid,
braid [bred, brɛd, S. brɪəd]
adj. Broad.
adv. Broad. Unrestrainedly, indiscreetly. Fully, frankly, in an open uninhibited manner.
 
braiden
v. Broaden
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
haund-braid: As broad as a hand.
Braidisland,
Braidisland [bredəiˈlən(d)]
pn. Broadisland (County Antrim).

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