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braird
▪ I. braird, n. (brɛəd) Also 5–6 brerd, 6–8 breird, brierd, 8 breard, brere. [The same word with brerd; the OE. brerd probably, like the Teut. cognates, had the senses of ‘point, spike, blade of grass’, as well as that of ‘edge’, though the former are recorded only for the form brord.] Properly Sc. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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brewerd
▪ I. † ˈbreward, n. Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 brerewood, 9 dial. brewit, bruart. [A variant of braird, brerd; cf. OE. breord, briord, brord.] 1. Brim (of a hat); = brerd.1611 Cotgr., Aile..the brimme, or brerewood of a hat. 1674 Ray N.C. Wds. 8 Hat Bruarts, Hat brims. Cheshire. 1868 E. Waugh Sneck-Bant... Oxford English Dictionary
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Douglas Young (classicist)
Publications Quislings in Scotland: Review of the Fifth Column, 1942 Auntran Blads, 1943 A Braird o Thristles, 1947 Chasing an Ancient Greek, 1950 Scottish wikipedia.org
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breird
brein(e, breird obs. ff. brain, braird. Oxford English Dictionary
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breards
breards, n. pl. Sc. (brɪədz) [The same as braird, in sense of ‘short ends or points’.] ‘The short flax recovered from the first tow by a second hackling’ (Jamieson). Cf. backings.1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 161 Dressing and stapling the Lint..into fine drest Flax, fine drest Tow, common Tow, Back... Oxford English Dictionary
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brerd
† brerd Obs. exc. dial. Also 1 breard, briord, 3 breord, 4 brurde, 4–5 brerde, 6 Sc. breird. [OE. brerd brim, margin; cf. OHG. brort, brord prow, margin, lip, also OE. brord point, prick, ON. broddr shaft, pike: see braird, and brod.] The topmost surface or edge: rim, brim, brink.c 1000 Ags. Gosp. J... Oxford English Dictionary
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breare
breard, breare obs. forms of braird, brier. Oxford English Dictionary
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breere
▪ I. † breer Obs. exc. in Sc. or north dial. [cf. next.] A sprout, shoot; in mod.Sc. ‘the first appearance of grain above ground, after it is sown’ (Jamieson).c 1320 Cast. Love 123 Blosme on bouȝ and breer on rys. 1808 Jamieson s.v. A fine breer, an abundant germination.▪ II. † breer, brere, v. Sc. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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sedging
sedging Agric. (ˈsɛdʒɪŋ) Also seg(g)ing. [f. sedge v. + -ing1.] A disease incident to oats, characterized by a thickening of the stem near the ground, said to be caused by a grub.1820 Farmer's Mag. XXI. 32 On a Disease in Oats called Seging... This disease..is known by its soon changing the natural ... Oxford English Dictionary
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brod
▪ I. brod, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (brɒd) Also 3 brodd, 5 brode. See also brad. [ME., app. a. ON. brodd-r spike, shaft, spike on a plant, = OE. brord spike, point, spire, OHG. brort edge, margin (cf. braird, brerd), Goth. *brozds:—OTeut. *brozdo-z. There was a cognate OCeltic brott-, whence OIr. brot st... Oxford English Dictionary
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sown
▪ I. sown, ppl. a. (səʊn) Also 6–7 sowen. [Pa. pple. of sow v.1] 1. a. Of seed, etc.: That has been sown, freq. as distinguished from that which has grown of itself.1578 Lyte Dodoens 68 Garden or sowen Woad, brused, is good to be layde upon woundes. 1733 Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xiv. 196 (Dublin ed.)... Oxford English Dictionary
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sprung
▪ I. sprung, ppl. a.1 (sprʌŋ) [pa. pple. of spring v.1] 1. That has sprung up or arisen. In combs. as first-sprung, high-sprung, new-sprung. Also with up.1575 Gascoigne Flowers, Dan Bartholmew Wks. 1907 I. 101 God he knoweth..who pluckt hir first sprong rose. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix. 415 The high spru... Oxford English Dictionary
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rough leaf
rough leaf [rough a.] 1. The first true leaf of a (garden or field) plant, as distinguished from the cotyledons; a foliage leaf.1754 Justice Scots Gard. Direct. 95 In about three Weeks Time these Plants will begin to put out their rough Leaves. 1763 Mills Syst. Husb. IV. 174 Soon after it has put ou... Oxford English Dictionary
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wheat
▪ I. wheat, n. (hwiːt) Forms: 1 hwæte, 2–3 hwete, 3–6 wete, 4–5 wheet(e, whet, 4–6 whete, 6–7 wheate, (1 huæte, 3 whæte, hweate, 4 huete, whyte, wit, 5 wheytt, white, 5–6 whett(e, whyt, 6 wheitt, whaytt, whiett, wett(e, weate), 6– wheat; Sc. and north. dial. 4–5 quhet, qwet, 5–6 quhete, qwheit, 5–7 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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