▪ I. broo Sc.
[In 15th c. brō; whence regularly in mod.Sc. pronunciation, (br{obar}ː), (bryː). Of uncertain origin: perhaps a. OF. bro, breu, broth (whence dim. brouez, brouet). Often identified with bree; but if this were correct, broo not bree would be the original, since do, boots, shoon, become in the north-east of Scotl. dee, beets, sheen, not the converse. It is hardly possible to connect the 15th c. broo with mod.G. brühe or Flem. brui, bruw.]
Broth; liquor; juice, water; = bree n.2 2, 3.
| c 1440 York Myst. xix. 135, I schall gar the leppe, And dere aby this bro. a 1711 Sir Gray Steel (1826) 2221 Good beef and mutton to be broo. 1725 Ramsay Gent. Sheph. i. ii, Ae wean fa's sick, and scads itself wi' brue [v.r. broe, rime-wd. shoe]. 1786 Burns Brigs of Ayr 162 A' ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo. a 1800 in Leyden Lord Soulis Notes (Exclamation attrib. to Jas. I) ‘Sorrow gin the sheriff were sodden and supped in broo!’ |
▪ II. broo
Sc. form of brow.