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

BREADBERRY, s. That food of children, which in E. is called pap, S.

Perhaps from bread and A. Bor. berry, to beat; q. "bruised bread."

BREAK, s. A division of land in a farm, S.
Statist. Acc.

To BREAK, v. a. To disappoint, S. B. "I'se no break you, I shall not disappoint you," Shirr. Gl.

Isl. bregd-a, frustrari aliquem.

BREAK (of a hill) s. A hollow in a hill, S.

Isl. breck-a, crepido, declivitas.

BREARDS, s. pl. The short flax recovered from the first tow, by a second hackling. The tow, thrown off by this second hackling, is called backings.
Edin. Courant.

To BREAST, v. n. To spring up or forward; a term applied to a horse, S.
Burns.

From the action of the breast in this effort.