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

The word may be radically the same with froth; or allied to Isl. braede, braedde, liquefacio.

To Brothe, v. n. To be in a state of profuse perspiration, S.
Chron. S. Poet.

BROTEKINS, BROTIKINS, s. pl. Buskins, a kind of half boots.
Lyndsay.

Fr. brodequin, Teut. broseken, a buskin.

BROUDSTER, s. Embroiderer.
V. [Browdin].
Pitscottie.

Fr. brod-er, to embroider.

BROUKIT, BROOKED, BRUCKIT, BRUKET, adj. The face is said to be broukit, when it has spots or streaks of dirt on it, when it is partly clean and partly foul. A sheep, that is streaked or speckled in the face, is designed in the same manner.
Burns.

There can be no doubt that this is originally the same with [Brocked, Broakit]. We may add to the etymon there given, Dan. broged, variegated; speckled, grisled.

BROW, s. Nae brow, no favourable opinion. "An ill brow," an opinion preconceived to the disadvantage of any person or thing, S.
Mary Stewart.

BROWDIN, BROWDEN, part. pa. Fond, warmly attached, eagerly desirous, having a strong propensity, S. It often implies the idea of folly in the attachment, or in the degree of it.
Montgomerie.
"To browden on a thing, to be fond of it. North." Gl. Grose.