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

Fr. brouillerie, confusion.

BROK, BROCK, BROKS, s. Fragments of any kind, especially of meat; S.
Bannatyne Poems.

Moes. G. ga-bruko, Alem. bruch, id. Hence also Germ. brocke, a fragment.

To Brok, Brock, v. a. To cut, crumble, or fritter any thing into shreds or small parcels, S.

Apparently formed as a frequentative from break; if not immediately from the s.

BROKAR, s. A bawd, a pimp.
Douglas.

This is merely a peculiar use of E. broker.

BROKYLL, adj. Brittle.
V. [Brukyl].

BROKITTIS, s. pl. The same with E. Brocket, a red deer of two years old.

Fr. brocart, id.