Chapter C: B. brock, spuma

_To_ BROCK.

V. ~Brok~.

BROCKED, BROAKIT, _adj._ Variegated, having a mixture of black and white, S. A cow is said to be _broakit_, that has black spots or streaks, mingled with white, in her face, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _brokug_, _brokig_, party-coloured; Ir. _breach_, speckled;
Gael. _brucach_, speckled in the face.

BROCKLIE, _adj._ Brittle.

V. ~Brukyl~.

BROD, _s._ A board, any flat piece of wood, a lid, S. A. Bor. _breid_, a shelf or board, Ray.

Isl. _broth_, A. S. _braed_, _bred_, id.

_To_ BROD, _v. a._

1. To prick, to job; to spur, S.

_Douglas. Complaynt S._

2. To pierce, used metaph., S.

_Ferguson._

3. To incite, to stimulate; applied to the mind.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _brodd_, cuspis, aculeus; Isl. _brodd_, the point of an arrow; sometimes the arrow itself, a javelin, any pointed piece of iron or steel; _brydd-a_, pungere; Ir. Gael. _brod-am_, to spur, to stimulate.

~Brod~, ~Brode~, _s._

1. A sharp-pointed instrument; as the goad used to drive oxen forward, S.

_Wyntown._

2. A stroke with a sharp-pointed instrument, S.

_Complaynt S._

3. An incitement, instigation.

_Douglas._

~Broddit Staff~, "A staff with a sharp point at the extremity," Gl. Sibb. Also called a _pike-staff_, S. This is the same with _broggit-staff_.

V. ~Brog~.

BRODYRE, BRODIR, _s._ A brother; pl. _bredir_, _bredyre_.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _brodur_, pl. _broeder_.

~Brodir-Dochter~, _s._ A niece, S.

_Wyntown._

_Brodir-son_ or _brother-son_, and _sister-son_, are used in the same manner; and _brother-bairn_ for cousin, S.

A Swed. idiom. _Brorsdotter_, niece; _brorson_, nephew; _brorsbarn_,
the children of a brother.

BROD MALE, BRODMELL, _s._ The brood brought forth, or littered, at the same time.

_Douglas._

From A. S. _brod_, proles, and _mael_, tempus; or O. Germ, _mael_,
consors, _socius_; whence _ee-ghe-mael_, conjunx, Kilian.

~Brod Sow~, A sow that has a litter.

_Polwart._

_To_ BROG, _v. a._ To pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Hence _broggit staff_, mentioned as a substitute for an ax. The
term _prog-staff_ is now used in the same sense, q. v.

~Brog~, _s._

1. A pointed instrument; such as an awl, S.

2. A job with such an instrument, S.

BROG, BROGUE, _s._ A coarse and light kind of shoe, made of horse-leather, much used by the Highlanders, and by those who go to shoot in the hills, S.

Ir. Gael. _brog_, a shoe.

_Lord Hailes._

BROGH, _s._ _Ye man bring brogh and hammer for't_, i. e. You must bring proof for it, Loth.

In the North of Germany, the phrase _burg und emmer_ is used in a similar sense, as denoting legal security. Our _brogh_ and Germ. _burg_ both denote suretyship. The proper meaning of _emmer_ is not known.

_To_ BROGLE, _v. a._ To prick, Loth. _Brog_, synon.

BROGUE, _s._ "_A hum, a trick_," S.

_Burns._

Isl. _brogd_, astus, stratagemata, Verel. _brigd_, id.

BROICE. Leg. _Broite_.

_Barbour._

_To_ BROIGH, _v. n._ To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting; Lanerks.

V. ~Brothe~, from which it is probably corr.

BROILLERIE, _s._ A state of contention.

V. ~Brulyie~.

_Godscroft._

Fr. _brouillerie_, confusion.

BROK, BROCK, BROKS, _s._ Fragments of any kind, especially of meat; S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Moes. G. _ga-bruko_, Alem. _bruch_, id. Hence also Germ. _brocke_,
a fragment.

_To_ ~Brok~, ~Brock~, _v. a._ To cut, crumble, or fritter any thing into shreds or small parcels, S.

Apparently formed as a frequentative from _break_; if not
immediately from the _s._

BROKAR, _s._ A bawd, a pimp.

_Douglas._

This is merely a peculiar use of E. _broker_.

BROKYLL, _adj._ Brittle.

V. ~Brukyl~.

BROKITTIS, _s. pl._ The same with E. _Brocket_, a red deer of two years old.

Fr. _brocart_, id.

_Douglas._

BRONCHED, _pret._ Pierced.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

Probably an error for _broched_, from Fr. _brocher_.

BRONDYN, _part. pa._ Branched.

_Houlate._

Fr. _brondes_, green boughs or branches.

BRONYS, BROUNYS, BROWNIS, _s. pl._ Branches, boughs.

_Douglas._

From the same origin with the preceding word.

_To_ BRONSE, _v. n._ To overheat one's self in a warm sun, or by sitting too near a strong fire, S.

Isl. _bruni_, inflammatio, Moes. G. _brunsts_, incendium.

BRONT, _part. pa._ Burnt, S. _brunt_.

V. ~Bryn~, _v._

_Douglas._

BROO, _s._ Broth, juice, &c.

V. ~Bree~.

BROODIE, _adj._

1. Prolific; applied to the female of any species, that hatches or brings forth many young; as, _a broodie hen_, S.

2. Fruitful, in a general sense, S.

_Z. Boyd._

BROOSE, _s._ A race at country weddings.

V. ~Bruse~.

BROSE, _s._ A kind of pottage made by pouring water or broth on meal, which is stirred while the liquid is poured, S. The dish is denominated from the nature of the liquid, as _water-brose_, _kail-brose_.

_Ross._

A. S. _ceales briu_, kail-broo, S.; _briwas niman_, to take pottage
or brose.

BROT, BROTACH, _s._ A quilted cloth or covering, used for preserving the back of a horse from being ruffled by the _Shimach_, on which the pannels are hung, being fastened to a pack-saddle; Mearns.

Isl. _brot_, plicatura.

_To_ BROTCH, _v. a._ To plait straw-ropes round a stack of corn, S. B.; synon. _Brath_, q. v.

Isl. _brus-a_, to fasten.

BROTHE, _s._ "A great _brothe_ of sweet," a vulgar phrase used to denote a violent perspiration, S.

The word may be radically the same with _froth_; or allied to Isl.
_braede_, _braedde_, liquefacio.

_To_ ~Brothe~, _v. n._ To be in a state of profuse perspiration, S.

_Chron. S. Poet._

BROTEKINS, BROTIKINS, _s. pl._ Buskins, a kind of half boots.

_Lyndsay._

Fr. _brodequin_, Teut. _broseken_, a buskin.

BROUDSTER, _s._ Embroiderer.

V. ~Browdin~.

_Pitscottie._

Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider.

BROUKIT, BROOKED, BRUCKIT, BRUKET, _adj._ The face is said to be _broukit_, when it has spots or streaks of dirt on it, when it is partly clean and partly foul. A sheep, that is streaked or speckled in the face, is designed in the same manner.

_Burns._

There can be no doubt that this is originally the same with ~Brocked~, ~Broakit~. We may add to the etymon there given, Dan. _broged_, variegated; speckled, grisled.

BROW, _s. Nae brow_, no favourable opinion. "An ill _brow_," an opinion preconceived to the disadvantage of any person or thing, S.

_Mary Stewart._

BROWDIN, BROWDEN, _part. pa._ Fond, warmly attached, eagerly desirous, having a strong propensity, S. It often implies the idea of folly in the attachment, or in the degree of it.

_Montgomerie._

"To _browden on_ a thing, to be fond of it. North." Gl. Grose.

It may be formed from Belg. _broed-en_, to brood, to hatch; all
creatures being fond of their young.

BROWDYN, _part. pa._ Embroidered.

_Wyntown._