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Brasin, Brassin, a. Also: brasyn(g, brasen, -on, bracine; brassing, -yn(g, -ine, -en; brais(s)in, braysin, braisen; bressin, -yn. [Northern ME. brasin (c 1300), brasyn, ME. brasen, OE. bræsen, f. bræs Bras n.] Made of brass, brazen.(a) 14.. Acts I. 44/2.
A brasyn pot Ib. 306/2.
A dusane brasyn pottys 1513 Doug. i. v. 120.
Ane hundreth brasyn chenȝeis Ib. iv. ix. 84.
Herbys … with brasyn hukis cuttit 1533 Irvine Mun. I. 39.
Tua brasin pottis c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1746.
Fyue score of brasin portis 1562 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 375.
The siluer wark, braisin wark, … and ornamentis of thair parroche kirk 1567 Sat. P. xi. 109.
He will be ay ȝour brasin wall 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. 46.
Ane pair of ballances with … brasin schellis 1614 Crim. Trials III. 288.
Tuentie thousand merks worth of brasin ordinance 1633 Ann. Banff I. 71.
Poynding a brason pan 1638 Elphinston Mun. 26.
Ane brasin knok 1643 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 1.
For etling to strik the said Isobell with ane brasin pan 1665 Ib. 219.
To hang wp … ane bracine hearsetransf. 1513 Doug. ix. viii. 106.
The trumpettis weirly blastis … With terribill brag of brasyn bludy soundis(b) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 508.
A brassyng hors, mekile and rude 1495 Halyb. 108.
Som of the brassyn wark 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 292.
For irne grath to the brassin gun 1513 Doug. i. vii. 57.
The brassyn durris 1553 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 350.
For scouring of the brassin wark 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 649/1.
Twa brassing chandellaris a1578 Pitsc. II. 185/28.
Quhilk schip … had xx ret brassin schottis in hir 1640 Black Bk. Taymouth 350.
Brassine pottis 1643 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 534.
Ane balk with ane pair of brassen shells(c) 1540 Acta Conc. MS. XIII. 119 b.
Ane braissin morter 1553 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 347.
For skowring of the braissin wark 1581 Burne Disput. 167.
To mak the braisin serpent 1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 330.
The … braysin mesour of the pynt of Stirling 1589 Ib. V. 6.
The awld braysin wechts 1593 Ib. 83.
The townis braysin trumpett 1621 Edinb. Test. LI. 35.
Tua stane … wecht braisen pewder weschell(d) 1562 Will A. Betoun 224.
xi bressyn pottis and v bressyn pannys, … ane bressyn cattyll 1583 Elgin Rec. I. 172.
The best bressin pot