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brat, brat, brats, bratt, bratt, brattie, bratto, bratty,
brat [brat, brɔt]
n. Clothing in general. A ragged garment, a pinafore.
pl. brats The thick(er) surface on a liquid etc, e.g. curdled cream on milk, skin.
dim. brattie, I.Ork. bratto [ˈbrato]
v. To cover a ewe or ram to prevent copulation. To cover sheep with a cloth to protect them from bad weather. To curdle. To cake or harden, as by heat.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
brattock: EC. A young eider duck Somateria mollissima.
bratach, brattach,
brattach [ˈbratəx]
n. An ensign, banner or flag.
brat, brattle, brattlin,
brattle [ˈbratl]
n. A loud clattering noise of any kind. A short race, hurry, a sudden bound.
also U. brat A peal of thunder.
v. To make a clashing or clattering noise. To thunder To advance rapidly, making a noise with the feet.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
brattlin: Clattering, rushing.
braad, brad, braud, brawd,
braud [NN.b. braːd, I.Ork. brɛd]
n. A sharp pull to hook a fish on the line.
braiff, brave, brawf, brev,
brave [breːv]
adj. Brave. Fine, well-grown in an ironic sense.
 
bravely
adv. Very well, sometimes an intensive 'very'.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.

brave and: Followed by an adj. Or adv. Very, I.Ork. fairly.
 
See braw also.
bra, bra$, bra$rie, bra$ry, braa, braa$est, braaerie, braaery, braali, braalie, braalies, braalike, braaly, braalyke, braaness, braas, brah, bralie, bralies, bralike, braness, brarie, brary, bravely, braverie, bravery, braw, brawer, brawerie, brawery, brawest, brawley, brawlie, brawlies, brawlike, brawly, brawness, braws, brow, brulies, onbraw, prawly, unbra, unbra$, unbraa, unbrave, unbraw, unbrev, waddin-braws,
braw [brɑː, brɔː, N. I. braː]
n. pl. braws Finery, best clothes. Beautiful things, good things.
adv. Well, finely.
adj. Of things: fine, splendid, illustrious. Handsome, of fine physique. Well or finely dressed. Pleasant. Very good, surpassing in whatever respect. Considerable. Also used ironically.
comp. brawer
superl. brawest
 
brawly, also brawlies
adv. Very well, thoroughly, excellently. Fairly.
adj. Well, in good health.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
braw and followed by another adjective: Very ..., entirely ...
brawery: Ostentatious dress.
brawlike: adj. Fine.
brawness: Beauty.
mairiage braws, waddin braws: Wedding clothes.
Sunday braws: Sunday best clothing.
unbraw: Plain, unattractive.
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.

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