brocked, a. Sc.
Also broakit, brockit.
[Cf. Da. broget variegated, speckled, chequered, Sw. brokt, also brokig variegated.]
‘Variegated, having a mixture of black and white’ (Jamieson).
| 1793 Statist. Acc. Scot. VI. 285 (Jam.) The greatest part of them [sheep]..having black or brocked faces. 17.. Gl. Surv. Nairn (Jam.), The phrase, brocked oats, denotes the black and white growing promiscuously. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, If Gowans, the brockit cow, has a quey. |