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▪ I. branks1 (bræŋks) Rare sing. brank; also as sing. a branks (cf. a bellows). [A Scotch word found in use since the 16th c.: etymology unknown. It has been compared with ME. bernak (barnacle) and brake; also with Ger. pranger the pillory, pranger a barnacle for a horse; and with Du. prang a fetter...
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Scold's bridle
sit … bound to the croce [cross] of this burgh, in the brankis lockit [branks lockèd]" (1591 Aberd. II. 71) / "He shall be put in the branks be the space of xxiiij houres thairafter" (1559 (c 1650) Dundee B. Laws 19).
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branke
▪ I. brank, n.1 Obs. or dial. (bræŋk) Also 6 branke, 7 branck. [Derivation unknown. The plant was introduced from Asia in 14th or 15th c. perh. by the Turks; cf. its various names, L. frumentum Turcicum, Ger. heide(n)kraut, F. blé sarrasin, Pol. poganka, Boh. pohanka lit. ‘heathen, Turkish’. There i...
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Aberdeen poorhouses
of marriage, and bands proclaimed, was ordered to be carried to the correction-house, and, on Saturday next, to be taken to the cross, and set in the branks
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I'm fairly new to Tacoma and I'm trying to sus out the good ...
Honourable mentions to Branks' BBQ near Auburn and Karma Lounge Indian food ... food and Tacoma has not left me wanting for anything but Jamaican ...
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jougs
jougs, n. pl. Sc. (dʒugz, dʒʌgz) Rarely in sing. joug. Forms: (6 jorgs), 7 jog(g)s, 8–9 jougs (9 jugg(s, jagg). [app. a. F. joug or L. jugum yoke: the sense seems to be confined to Sc. The pl. form app. refers to the construction of the collar in two hinged halves adapted to be locked together.] An ...
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Mercat cross
Some crosses still incorporate the iron staples to which jougs and branks were once attached.
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gove
▪ I. gove, v. Sc. (gəʊv) Also 4–6 gowe, 6 gofe, goif, goyf, 8 gauve, 8–9 goave. [Of obscure origin: connexion with gow, gaw v., of similar meaning, cannot be traced.] 1. intr. To gaze, stare; to stare stupidly.c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Thomas 82 And mete & drink vald nocht assay, bot to þe hewine ves ...
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2007 PDC World Darts Championship
Bristow, Lowe and Deller all managed to win their first matches, but then all fell in their second games (Lowe 4–5 to Ian Branks, Bristow 0–5 to Dennis He was joined by Alan Green, Alan Tabern, Steve Smith, Wayne Atwood, Ian Branks, Adrian Gray, Martin Burchell, Colin Osborne, Darren Webster, Alan Caves
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List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2004
Andrew David Hamilton
Edward Hinds
David William Holden
David Thomas Kemp
Malcolm Sim Longair
Alan Douglas Martin
John Francis Brake Mitchell
William Branks
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tongue-tie
▪ I. tongue-tie, n. (ˈtʌŋtaɪ) [f. tongue n. + tie n.] That which ties the tongue, or restrains speech; also, the condition of being tongue-tied (lit. and fig.); spec. (Path.): see quot. 1890.1641 Brome Jovial Crew ii. Wks. 1873 III. 374 And asks a stronger tongue-tie then tearing of Books. 1849–52 T...
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Robert Powell (tennis)
Robert Branks 'Bobby' Powell (11 April 1881 – 28 April 1917) was a male tennis player from Canada.
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2004年当选的皇家学会会士列表
Edgar Halford
安德鲁·D·汉密尔顿
Edward Hinds
David William Holden
David Thomas Kemp
Malcolm Sim Longair
Alan Douglas Martin
John Francis Brake Mitchell
William Branks
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List of Young Achievers Award winners
Moses
Ssenyonjo Julius
Roay Rosenblith
Business and Trade
Aron Ahikiriza
Eva kabejja
Gerald katabazi
Martin Ssali
Brian Mugisha Niwagaba
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Billy Branks
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Timothy Cagnioli
He was whipped in the tolbooth and put in the branks. Another offence would result in his banishment.
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