A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brawling, Brauling, vbl. n. [ME. brawelyng (a 1400), brawlynge, f. Brawl v.1] Noisy contention or boasting.a1500 Colk. Sow i. 430.
All this grit brawling, Babling and uther thing, Wes for a pig c1552 Lynd. Mon. 659.
Thare wald nocht be sic brawlyng at the bar 1567 G. Ball. 195.
Preistis, thole to preiche, … Or we ȝour brauling downe sall bring
