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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1500-1512, 1693
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Brukit, Bruikit, a. Also: brukyd, bruiked. [Northern e.m.E. brouked (1580). Cf. Bruke v.2] Marked or streaked with black. c1420 Wynt. i. 217.
The brukyd [C. brukit] bestys and the wayre He gert depart fra quhyt and fayre c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 51 (A).
As blak smyth brukit [B. bruikit] was his pellat For battering at the study 1693 Foulis Acc. Bk. 158.
For a bruiked cow
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