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

BRANDED, BRANNIT, adj. Having a reddish-brown colour, as if singed by fire.
A branded cow is one that is almost entirely brown, S.

Germ. braun, id.

Minstrelsy Bord.

BRANDEN, part. pa. Grilled.
V. Brid.

BRANDNEW, BRENTNEW, a phrase equivalent to spick and span, quite new, S.
Ross.

Teut. brand new, id., from brand, incendium, ustio.

BRANDER, BRANDRETH, s. A gridiron.
Wyntown.

S. brander, A. S. brandred, "a brand-iron;" Dan. brandrith; Teut. brand-roede, brander, fulcrum focarium.

To BRANDER, v. a. To broil on a grid-iron, to grill, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.

BRANDRETH.
V. [Brander].