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brickle, bricklie, brickly, brockle, bruckie, bruckle, brucklie, bruckly,
brickle [brɪkl, brʌkl]
n. A state of disintegration.
adj. Brittle, easily broken, crumbling. Uncertain, unstable.
v. To crumble, to break small. To crush, to crumple.
 
brickly [ˈbrɪklɪ, ˈbrʌklɪ]
adj. Brittle, crumbly.
Biddie, Biddy, Bridget, reid-biddie, reid-biddy,
Bridget [ˈbrɪdʒɪt]
n. The personal name Bridget.
dim. Biddie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
reid-biddie: A mixture of cheap red wine with methylated spirit or other alcohol.
braddie, braddies, bradies, brady, bridie, bridies, bridy,
bridie [ˈbrəidi]
n. A kind of beef or mutton pie.
pl. bridies
blin-bridle, blind-bridle, braydel, bridal, bridle,
bridle [ˈbrəidl]
n. A bridle. The bridle of a Loom.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blind-bridle blɪn(d)]: A bridle with blinkers.
bray, brea, bree, brie, brie-stane, brie-stone,
brie [briː]
n. Sandstone or any friable stone pounded down to use for rubbing on door-steps etc.
v. To pound, to reduce to small particles.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
brie-stane: Sandstone or any friable stone.
breef, breif, brief,
brief [brif]
n. A legal writ, an official document. Writing or gift of writing. A spell or charm of any kind.
breeg, breyg, brig, brigg, briggie, briggistane, briggistanes, briggs, brigstaen, brigstane, brig-stane, brigsteen, brigsten, brigstens, tae-brig,
brig [brɪg]
n. A bridge.
dim. briggie
v. To throw a bridge over a stream etc.
pt. pp. briggit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
brig-stane: A bridging stone.
hingin brig: A suspension bridge.
tae-brig: A draw-bridge.
brigander, briganer, briganner,
brigander [ˈbrɪgən(d)ər]
n. A brigand, thief, robber. A person of rude, boisterous manners.
bregdi, bregdie, brigda, brigdi, brigdie, hobrigdi, solbrigdi, soolbrigdi, soolbrigdie, soulbrigdie, sulbrigdi,
brigdie [I.Sh. ˈbrɪgdi, ˈbrɪgda, I.Sh. ˈbrɪgde]
also soolbrigdie
n. The basking shark Cetorhinus maximus.
Brigen, Brigend, Brigenn, Brigeyn,
Brigend [ˈbrɪgɛn(d), -en(d), N. -əi(ə)n(d)]
pn. Bridgend.

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