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

Isl. brodur, pl. broeder.

Brodir-Dochter, s. A niece, S.
Wyntown.
Brodir-son or brother-son, and sister-son, are used in the same manner; and brother-bairn for cousin, S.

A Swed. idiom. Brorsdotter, niece; brorson, nephew; brorsbarn, the children of a brother.

BROD MALE, BRODMELL, s. The brood brought forth, or littered, at the same time.
Douglas.

From A. S. brod, proles, and mael, tempus; or O. Germ, mael, consors, socius; whence ee-ghe-mael, conjunx, Kilian.

Brod Sow, A sow that has a litter.
Polwart.

To BROG, v. a. To pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Hence broggit staff, mentioned as a substitute for an ax. The term [prog-staff] is now used in the same sense, q. v.

Brog, s.
1. A pointed instrument; such as an awl, S.
2. A job with such an instrument, S.

BROG, BROGUE, s. A coarse and light kind of shoe, made of horse-leather, much used by the Highlanders, and by those who go to shoot in the hills, S.