An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BRAAL, s. A fragment. "There's nae a braal to the fore," There is not a fragment remaining, Ang.

BRABBLACH, s. The refuse of any thing; as of corn, meat, &c. Fife.

Gael. prabal, id.

BRACE, s. A chimney-piece, a mantle-piece, S.

BRACHELL, s. A dog; properly, one employed to discover or pursue game by the scent.
Wallace.

Alem. brak; Germ. brack, id. canis venaticus, forte investigator; O. Fr. brachez. Verel. expl. Isl. rakke canis, deriving it from racka, frakka, cursitare.

BRACHEN, (gutt.) BRAIKIN, BRECKEN, s. The female fern, Polypodium filix foemina, Linn.
Burns.

In Smoland in Sweden, the female fern is called braeken; Sw. stotbraakin, id. In is a termination in Gothic, denoting the female gender.

ROYAL BRACHENS, s. pl. The flowering fern, S. Osmunda regalis, Linn.
Lightfoot.

BRACKS, s. A disease of sheep.
V. [Braxy].