Chapter L: B. breteschia, briteschia. It properly denotes wooden towers

or castles: _Bretachiae_, castella lignea, quibus castra et oppida muniebantur, Gallis _Bretesque_, _breteches_; Du Cange. Perhaps radically allied to Su. G, _bryt-a_, to contend, to make war.

_To_ BREVE, _v. a._ To write.

V. ~Breif~.

BREW, _s._ Broth, soup.

V. ~Bree~.

BREW-CREESH, _s._ A term expressive of a duty paid to a landholder or superior, which occurs in old law-deeds. It is still used, Aberd. Sometimes it is called _Brew-tallow_.

BRIBOUR, BRYBOUR, _s._ A low beggarly fellow.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Fr. _bribeur_, "a beggar, a scrap-craver; also, a greedy devourer;" _briber_, to beg; and this from _bribe_, a lump of bread given to a beggar; Cotgr. C. B. _briw_, _brib_, a morsel, a fragment.

BRICHT, BRYCHT, A young woman, strictly as conveying the idea of beauty.

_Wallace._

Merely a poetical use of the adj. _bright_; in the same manner as
ancient writers used _fre_, _clere_, &c.

BRID, BRIDDE, _s._ A bird, a pullet.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

A. S. _brid_ is used for chicken, as also S. _burd_.

BRIDLAND, _part. pre._

_Polwart._

Apparently, q. bridalling, drinking as freely as men do at a bridal.

BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ A bridge, S. A. Bor. Lancash.

_Wallace._

A. S. _bricg_, _brigge_, Su. G. _brygga_, Belg. _brug_, id. Ihre views _brygga_ as a diminutive from _bro_, anc. _bru_, which has the same meaning.

BRIGANER, _s. pl._ A robber, S. B.

Evidently from _brigand_.

_Journ. Lond._

BRIL, _s._ The merry thought of a fowl.

V. ~Breels~.

_Sibbald._

Teut. _bril_, ossiculum circa pectus a specilli similitudine dictum.

BRYLIES, _s. pl._ Bearberries.

V. ~Brawlins~.

BRIM, BRYM, BREME, _adj._

1. Raging, swelling; applied to the sea.

_Bellenden._

Isl. _brim_, the raging of the sea. The word is thus defined; Aestus maris, vehementibus procellis littus verberans; Olai Lex. Run. A. S. _brim_, _brym_, salum, aequor, mare, the sea.

2. Fierce, violent.

_Bellenden._

3. Stern, rugged, applied to the countenance.

_Douglas._

4. Denoting a great degree either of heat or of cold.

_Douglas._

Thus, "a _brim_ frost," is still a common phrase for a severe frost, S. B.

~Brymly~, _adv._ Fiercely, keenly. Wall. vii. 995.

V. ~Artailye~.

BRIM, _s._ A cant term for a trull, Loth.

Callander of Craigforth, in some MS. notes, mentions _brim_, as
signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.

_To_ BRYN, BRIN, BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _brinn-a_, Germ. _brenn-an_, id. A. S. _bryne_, burning.

~Brynstane~, _Brynt-stane_, _s._ Brimstone, sulphur.

_Douglas._

A. S. _bryn_, incendium, and _stan_, q. lapis incendii seu
incendiarius. Sw. _braensten_, id.

BRIN, BRINN, _s._ A ray, a beam, a flash, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

BRINK.

~To Brink~. Perhaps, inwardly.

_Sir Tristrem._

Q. in pectore; Isl. Su. G. _bring-a_, pectus.

BRINKIT, _part. pa._ Perhaps, bronzed.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Su. G. _brinna_, to burn, or _braecka_, to roast.

BRISKET, BISKET, _s._ The breast, S.

_Morison._

Fr. _brichet_, id. Perhaps we have the origin of the word in Isl. _briosk_, Sw. _brusk_, gristle. The word in E. denotes "the breast of an animal." It bears this sense also in S., and is sometimes corr. called _briskin_.

BRISMAK, _s._ The name given to Torsk, our Tusk, in Shetland.

BRISSAL, _adj._ Brittle. Gl. Sibb.

Alem. _bruzzi_, fragilitas; Otfrid. Fr. _bresiller_, rompre,
briser, mettre en pièces; Gl. Roquefort.

BRISSEL-COCK, _s._ Apparently the turkey-cock.

_Pitscottie._

Denominated perhaps from its rough and _bristly_ appearance; or q. _Brasil-cock_, as, according to Pennant, the turkey was unknown to the old world before the discovery of America. "The first birds of this kind," he supposes, "must have been brought from Mexico."

_To_ BRISSLE, _v. a._ To broil, &c.

V. ~Birsle~.

_To_ BRIST, BRYST, _s._ To burst.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _brest-a_, Dan. _brist-er_, frangi, rumpi, cum fragore
(crepitu) dissilire.

BRITH, _s._ A term which seems to mean wrath or contention.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. _braede_, anger; _brigd_, controversy; _brigd-a_, to
litigate.

_To_ BRITTYN, BRYTEN, BRETYN, _v. a._

1. To break down, in whatever way.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. To kill; applied both to man and beast.

V. ~Bertynit~.

_Douglas._

It is also written _bertyn_. A. S. _bryt-an_, Su. G. _bryt-a_, Isl.
_briot-a_, frangere.

BRITURE, Houlate iii. 8., is in Bannatyne MS. _brit ure_.

_To_ BRIZE, _v. a._ To bruise.

V. ~Birse~.

BROAD-BAND.

V. ~Braid-band~.

_To_ BROCHE, _v. a._ To prick, to pierce.

_Douglas._

Fr. _brocher un cheval_, to spur a horse, properly to strike him
hard with the spurs.

Hence,

~Broche~, _s._

1. A spit.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. "A narrow piece of wood or metal to support the stomacher," Gl. Sibb.

3. A wooden pin on which yarn is wound, S.

_Douglas._

Evidently the same with Fr. _broche_, a spit. Arm. _brochen_
signifies a spit; from _broch-a_, to pierce, transfigere.

BROCHAN, _s._ (gutt.) Oat-meal boiled to a consistence somewhat thicker than gruel, S. It differs from _crowdie_, as this is oat-meal stirred in cold water.

_Martin._

Gael. _brochan_, pottage, also, gruel; C. B. _bryhan_, a sort of
flummery.

BROCHE, BRUCHE, BROACH, _s._

1. A chain of gold, a sort of _bulla_, or ornament worn on the breast.

_Douglas._

2. A fibula, a clasp, a breast-pin, S.

_Muses Threnodie._

Isl. _bratz_ signifies _fibūla_, Su. G. _braz_, from Isl. _brus-a_, to fasten together. Gael. _broiside_, a clasp; _broisde_, a brooch, Shaw.

BROCHT, _s._ The art of puking.

V. ~Braking~.

_Leg. Bp. St Androis._