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. brugg-a raed, invenire callida consilia; brugga suik, struere insidias.

Browster, Browstare, s. A brewer, S.
Douglas.

A. S. briw-an, coquere cerevisiam; Teut. brouw-en, id.; Isl. eg brugg-a, decoquo cerevisias. In the ancient Saxon, the termination ster affixed to a s. masculine, makes it feminine. Thus, baecestre properly signifies pistrix, "a woman-baker." Somn.

To BRUB, v. a. To check, to restrain, to keep under, to oppress, to break one's spirit by severity, S. B.; allied perhaps to A. Bor. brob, to prick with a bodkin, Gl. Grose.

BRUCHE, s.
V. [Broche].

BRUCKIT, adj.
V. [Brocked].

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

BRUDERMAIST, adj. Most affectionate; literally, most brotherly.
Dunbar.

BRUE. s.
V. [Bree].

BRUGH, BROGH, BROUGH, BURGH, s.
1. An encampment of a circular form, S. B.