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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brouch(t, Brough(e, n. Also: brouche, browch; browycht, brought, browght; browgh. [Variant of Broch n.² and Bruch.] A borough.(a) 1513 Doug. viii. vi. 2 (Sm.).
The first foundar Of Romis brouch 1554 Holyrood Chart. 293.
Our said browch of the Cannogait 1596 Bk. Univ. Kirk III. 904.
The conventioun … to be at brouche of Perthe 1600-1610 Melvill 8.
The haill eldars … to brouche and land 1608 Fam. Seton 909.
My residence in this poure brouche(b) 1515 Reg. Dunferm. 400.
The said broucht of Kirkaldy 1534 Liber Coll. Glasg. 261.
As vse of brought is 1554–5 Treas. Acc. X. 271.
Missivis to evir ilk lord, barroun, and brouchtis 1564 Prot. Bk. D.
Within the browycht and town of Dunde 1554-72 Gray 23. 1558-66 Knox I. 99.
The Commissionaris of browght(c) 1600-1610 Melvill 305.
The … baileys of euerie broughe c 1620 Sutherland Corr. 361.
Erect it [Dornoch] in a brough royall 1641 Acts V. 553/1.
The brough of Peibles 1664 Lamont Diary 173.
The severall browghs and sea towns 1675 Inverness Presb. 64.
He is not either in the brough or landward of Invernes 1686 Hawick Arch. Soc. (1868) 34/2.
The two present baylyeas of the s[ai]d toune and brough