A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Braik, Brake, n.1 [Variant of Brak n. and Brek n.]
1. A breach.1530 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 115.
Gif the said Johne … makis ony new braik or dois ony harm to me 1568 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 257.
The greit iniurie and wrang done to thame … in the destroying, doun casting, and braik of thair new dike 1600-1610 Melvill 347.
God will yit … repear the brakes and decayes of his Ierusalem
2. Small or broken wood.a 1709 Nimmo Narr. 88.
Buying backs at the sawmill for burnwood and braik
