Chapter C: B. brod-io, and Fr. brod-er, to embroider. Isl. brydd-a,

pungere, _brodd_, aculeus.

BROWDIN, _part. pa._ Expl. "clotted, defiled, filthy," Gl. Sibb.

_Chr. Kirk._

Teut. _brodde_, sordes.

BROWDYNE, _part. pa._ Displayed, unfurled.

_Barbour._

A. S. _braed-an_, to dilate, to expand.

BROWNIE, _s._ A spirit, till of late years supposed to haunt some old houses, those, especially, attached to farms. Instead of doing any injury, he was believed to be very useful to the family, particularly to the servants, if they treated him well; for whom, while they took their necessary refreshment in sleep, he was wont to do many pieces of drudgery, S.

_Douglas._

Ruddiman seems to think that these spirits were called _Brownies_, from their supposed "swarthy or tawny colour." They may be viewed as corresponding with the _Swartalfar_, i. e. _swarthy_ or _black_ elves of the Edda, as the _Liosalfar_, or white elves, are analogous to our _Fairies_.

BROWST, BROWEST, _s._

1. As much malt liquor as is brewed at a time, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

2. Used metaph. to denote the consequences of any one's conduct, especially in a bad sense. This is often called "an ill _browst_," S.

_Kelly._

Isl. _brugg-a raed_, invenire callida consilia; _brugga suik_,
struere insidias.

~Browster~, ~Browstare~, _s._ A brewer, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _briw-an_, coquere cerevisiam; Teut. _brouw-en_, id.; Isl. eg _brugg-a_, decoquo cerevisias. In the ancient Saxon, the termination _ster_ affixed to a s. masculine, makes it feminine. Thus, _baecestre_ properly signifies _pistrix_, "a woman-baker." Somn.

_To_ BRUB, _v. a._ To check, to restrain, to keep under, to oppress, to break one's spirit by severity, S. B.; allied perhaps to A. Bor. _brob_, to prick with a bodkin, Gl. Grose.

BRUCHE, _s._

V. ~Broche~.

BRUCKIT, _adj._

V. ~Brocked~.

BRUCKLE, _adj._ Brittle.

V. ~Brukyl~.

BRUDERMAIST, _adj._ Most affectionate; literally, most brotherly.

_Dunbar._

BRUE. _s._

V. ~Bree~.

BRUGH, BROGH, BROUGH, BURGH, _s._

1. An encampment of a circular form, S. B.

In Lothian, encampments of the circular form are called _Ring-forts_, from A. S. _hring_, orbis, circulus.

2. This name is also given to the stronger sort of houses in which the Picts are said to have resided.

_Brand._

3. A borough. "A royal _brugh_;" "A _brugh_ of barony," as distinguished from the other, S. B.

V. ~Burch~.

4. A hazy circle round the disk of the sun or moon, generally considered as a presage of a change of weather, is called a _brugh_ or _brogh_, S.

_Statist. Acc._

A. S. _beorg_, _borh_, munimentum, agger, arx, "a rampire, a place of defence and succour," Somner; _burg_, castellum, Lye. The origin is probably found in Moes. G. _bairgs_, mons.

BRUICK, BRUK, _s._ A kind of boil, S.

_Gl. Complaynt._

An inflamed tumour or swelling of the glands under the arm is called a _bruick-boil_, S. B., pron. as _brook_.

Isl. _bruk_, elatio, tumor; expl. of a swelling that suppurates.

_To_ BRUIK, BRUKE, BROOK, _v. a._ To enjoy, to possess.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

A. S. _bruc-an_, Franc. _gebruch-en_, Su. G. Isl. _bruk-a_, Belg.
_bruyck-en_, Germ. _brauch-en_, to use.

BRUKYL, BROKYLL, BROKLIE, _adj._

1. Brittle, easily broken, S.

_Kelly._

_Hamilton._

2. Metaph. used in relation to the unsettled state of political matters.

_Baillie._

3. It seems to signify soft, pliable, as applied to the mind.

_Wyntown._

4. Fickle, inconstant.

_Wallace._

5. Inconstant, as including the idea of deceit.

_King's Quair._

6. Weak, delicate, sickly, S. B.

7. Apt to fall into sin, or to yield to temptation.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Teut. _brokel_, fragilis, from _brok-en_, frangere; Sw.
_braeckelig_, id. Germ. _brocklicht_, crumbling.

~Bruckilness~, ~Brokilness~, _s._

1. Brittleness, S.

2. Apparently, incoherence, or perhaps weakness; used metaphorically.

_King's Quair._

BRUDY, _adj._ Prolific.

V. ~Broodie~.

_Bellenden._

BRULYIE, BRULYEMENT, _s._

1. A brawl, broil, fray, or quarrel, S.

_Ross._

2. Improperly used for a battle.

_Hamilton._

Fr. _brouiller_, to quarrel; Su. G. _bryl-la_, _foerbrilla_, to
embroil.

_To_ BRUND, _v. n._ To emit sparks as a flint does when struck.--_It's brundin_, the fire flies from it, S. B.

Su. G. _brinn-a_, to burn.

~Brunds~, ~Brundis~, ~Brwndys~, _s. pl._

1. Brands, pieces of wood lighted.

_Wallace._

2. It seems to signify the remains of burnt wood, reduced to the state of charcoal, and as perhaps retaining some sparks.

_Barbour._

3. The term is still commonly used in Ang., only with greater latitude.

A. S. _brond_ may be the origin; as in the second sense it merely
denotes a firebrand almost entirely burnt out.

BRUS, _s._ Force, _impetus_.

_Douglas._

Belg. _bruyssch-en_, to foam or roar like the sea; Su. G. _brus-a_,
sonare; De aquis cum impetu ruentibus aut fluctibus maris; Ihre.

BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, _s. To ride the bruse_.

1. To run a race on horseback at a wedding, S., a custom still preserved in the country. Those who are at a wedding, especially the younger part of the company, who are conducting the bride from her own house to the bridegroom's, often set off, at full speed, for the latter. This is called, _riding the bruse_. He who first reaches the house is said to _win the bruse_.

_Burns._

2. Metaph., to strive, to contend in whatever way.

_R. Galloway._

This means nothing more than riding for the _brose_, _broth_ or _kail_, the prize of _spice-broth_ allotted in some places to the victor.

_To_ BRUS, BRUSCH, _v. a._ To force open, to press up.

_Wyntown._

Sicamb. _bruys-en_, premere, strepere.

_To_ BRUSCH, _v. n._ To burst forth, to rush, to issue with violence.

V. ~Brus~, _s._

_Wallace._

BRUSIT, _part. pa._ Embroidered.

_Houlate._