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

BRAUITIE, s.
1. A show, a pageant.
Burel.
2. Finery in dress, S.
V. [Braw].
Burel.

Fr. braveté, pour avoir de beaux habits; Gl. Roquefort.

BRAUL, BRAWL, s. The same as [Brangle].
Complaynt S.

Fr. bransle, branle.

BRAUSHIE, adj. Stormy.
V. [Brash], v.

BRAW, BRA', adj.
1. Fine, gaily dressed, S.
Morison.

Teut. brauwe, ornatus, bellus; Fr. brave, id. Isl. braer, nitet, splendet.

2. Handsome, S.
Burns.
3. Pleasant, agreeable, S.
A. Nicol.
4. Worthy, excellent, S. A braw man, a worthy man, S.

Su. G. braf, bonus, praestans. En braf man, the very phrase still used by the vulgar in S. Germ. brav, id. Braw is often used adverbially, as conjoined with the copulative: Braw and able, abundantly able for any work or undertaking; Braw and weel, in good health.

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