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Brochtoon, Brochtoun,
Brochtoun [brɔxtun]
pn. Broughtown (Orkney).
pn. Broughtown (Orkney).
Brochtie, Brochty,
Brochty [ˈbroxte, ˈbrʌxte]
pn. Broughty Ferry (Dundee).
pn. Broughty Ferry (Dundee).
broack, broak, broakie, broaky, brock, brockey, brockie, brockit, brocky, brok, brookie, brooky, broukie, bruckie, bruckit, brucky,
brock [brɔk, brak]
n. The badger Meles meles. A dirty, malodorous person.
dim. brockie A cow with a variegated white and black face, a person whose face is streaked with dirt.
n. The badger Meles meles. A dirty, malodorous person.
dim. brockie A cow with a variegated white and black face, a person whose face is streaked with dirt.
brockit
adj. Coloured like a badger with black and white stripes or spots.
adj. Coloured like a badger with black and white stripes or spots.
broak, brock, brok, broke, broke, brook, bruck, bruck, bruckle, brucks, bruk, brukk,
brock [brɔk, brok]
also I. bruck [brʌk]
n. Scraps of food, left-overs, refuse, broken pieces.
also I. bruck [brʌk]
n. Scraps of food, left-overs, refuse, broken pieces.
Compounds and phrases etc.
stock and brock: The whole concern.
broakle, brochle, brockle, brokle,
brockle [ˈbrɔkl, ˈbrokl]
also NN.b. brochle [ˈbroxl]
adj. Lazy, indolent.
also NN.b. brochle [ˈbroxl]
adj. Lazy, indolent.
airse-brod, brad, bred, brod, broddit, brods, erse-brod, fit_brod, fitbrod, fit-brod, holey-board, holey-brod, holie-brod, splash-brods,
brod [brɔd, brod]
n. A board. The table used for meals. A shutter. A board used in a game. A church collection-plate. The lid of a pot.
pl. brods The covers of a book.
v. To cover with a lid. To split into layers.
pt. pp. broddit adj. Covered with a lid.
n. A board. The table used for meals. A shutter. A board used in a game. A church collection-plate. The lid of a pot.
pl. brods The covers of a book.
v. To cover with a lid. To split into layers.
pt. pp. broddit adj. Covered with a lid.
Compounds and phrases etc.
erse-brod: That back-board of a cart.
fit brod: A footboard, treadle, foot-roost.
holie-brod: A perforated board in a loom used to facilitate the arrangement of threads in a pattern.
splash-brods: Mudguards.
fit brod: A footboard, treadle, foot-roost.
holie-brod: A perforated board in a loom used to facilitate the arrangement of threads in a pattern.
splash-brods: Mudguards.
See buird also.
braid, bred, breed, brob, brobbit, brod, brodd, broddit, brode,
brod [brɔd, brod]
n. Something with a point on, as a goad, a spur. A broad-headed nail. A stroke or thrust with any sharp-pointed instrument.
v. To prick, to pierce, to jab. To appear, to show up in a point, as corn when it brairds.
pt. pp. broddit
n. Something with a point on, as a goad, a spur. A broad-headed nail. A stroke or thrust with any sharp-pointed instrument.
v. To prick, to pierce, to jab. To appear, to show up in a point, as corn when it brairds.
pt. pp. broddit
broag, brog, brogger, broggle, broghle, brogue, brooghle, brougle, browg, brug, grogle,
brog [brɔg, brog, brʌg, NN. brʌug]
n. A bradawl, a boring instrument, a goad. A jab with such an instrument. Anything pointed.
v. To prick, pierce.
n. A bradawl, a boring instrument, a goad. A jab with such an instrument. Anything pointed.
v. To prick, pierce.
broggle [brɔgl, brogl, U. brugl]
v. To prick or prod a hole in a strap, belt etc. To patch shoes. To botch, to bungle, to spoil.
n. An ineffectual attempt to strike a pointed instrument into a particular place. One who does work clumsily. A job clumsily performed.
v. To prick or prod a hole in a strap, belt etc. To patch shoes. To botch, to bungle, to spoil.
n. An ineffectual attempt to strike a pointed instrument into a particular place. One who does work clumsily. A job clumsily performed.
Compounds and phrases etc.
brogger: A horse-shoer, a maker of clogs.
broag, brog, brogan, brogue,
brogue [brog]
n. A rough Highland shoe of untanned hide, stitched with thongs of leather. An offtake.
dim. brogan
n. A rough Highland shoe of untanned hide, stitched with thongs of leather. An offtake.
dim. brogan
broich, broicher, broigh, broigher,
broich [ˈbrɔiç]
also broicher
v. To be in a fume of heat or state of violent perspiration and panting.
also broicher
v. To be in a fume of heat or state of violent perspiration and panting.
Compounds and phrases etc.
broich o heat: A fume, a state of complete perspiration.