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

BRASH, s. A transient attack of sickness; a bodily indisposition of whatever kind, S. [Quhither], synon. S. B.
Burns.

The disorder to which children are often subject after being weaned, is called the speaning-brash. We also speak of "a brash of the teeth." This, perhaps, is merely a different sense of the s. as explained above. Isl. breisk, however, signifies infirm, breiskleike, weakness, G. Andr.

BRASHY, adj. Delicate in constitution, subject to frequent ailments, S.

To BRAST, v. n. To burst.
Douglas.

Brast is used in the same sense by R. Glouc.

BRAT, s.
1. Clothing in general. The bit and the brat, S. Food and raiment.
Scotch Presb. Eloq.
2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean, S. "Brat, a coarse apron, a rag, Lincolns." Gl. Grose.
3. Coarse clothing, S.; [dudds], synon.

A. S. bratt signifies both pallium and panniculus; "a cloak, a rag," Somner. C. B. brathay, rags.

4. Scum, S. It does not necessarily signify refuse; but is also applied to the cream which rises from milk, especially of what is called a sour cogue, or the floatings of boiled whey.
Statist. Acc.

BRATCHART, s. A contemptuous term equivalent to E. whelp.
V. [Brachell].
Montgomerie.

From Fr. bratchet, a kind of small hound; or immediately formed from Brach.