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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1478, 1565
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Brod, v.3 [Cf. Gael. brod ‘the choice of any thing, the best quality of grain’, and Nhb. dial. brod ‘to separate peas from beans by means of a riddle’.] tr. To clean (oats) from small or imperfect grains, etc. 1478 Acts Lords Auditors 63/2.
Withhalding fra the said Elys … wif lxvj boll of clene broddit aitis 1565 Inverness B. Rec. I. 124.
That wranguslie … thai broddit my best aittis and tuike the best to thame selffis in thair sowd without licience of thair maister
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