A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1531-1568
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Brasing, vbl. n. [Brase v.] Embracing.1531 Bell. Boece II. 53.
Be voluptuous brasing 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 253/13; 1560 Ib. 315/19.
With sweit wordis and confortabill brasing a1568 Scott iv. 53.
Brasing, graping, and plucking