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

BRAWLINS, s. pl. The trailing Strawberry tree, or Bear-berry, S. B. Arbutus uva ursi, Linn. The name is sometimes applied to the fruit of the Vaccinium vitis Idaea, or red bill-berry.

Gael. braoilag denotes a whortleberry.

BRAXY, BRAXES, BRACKS, s.
1. A disease in sheep, S.
Statist. Acc.

This is also called braik and bracks, Ang. A. S. breac, rheuma; broc sickness, disease; Su. G. brak, id.

2. A sheep which has died of disease; also, mutton of this description, S.
Burns.

BRAZE, s. A roach.
V. [Braise].

BRAZARS, s. pl. Armour for the arms.
V. [Braseris].

To BRE.
V. [Biggit].
K. Hart.

BRE, BREE, s. The eye-brow, S. B.
Douglas.
"He moved neither ee nor bree; i. e. eye nor eyebrow."
V. [Bra].
Ross.

A. S. breg, palpebra; Isl. braa.