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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.
brae, bray, bree, brees, brees, breese, breis, bri, brie, green-brees,
bree [briː]
n. Liquid in which anything has been steeped or boiled so as to extract the essence, broth, soup, gravy. Liquid or moisture of any kind.
pl. brees
v. To pour water on vegetables etc. To drain the water from solids that have been boiled.
Compounds and phrases etc.
beir the bree: Accept the consequences, the brunt.
green-brees: A cesspool, a pool by a dungheap.
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