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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Breke, Breik, n. [Northern (and eastern) ME. breke (midl. and southern breche), OE. bréc, pl. of bróc (ON. brók, pl. brœ́k-r).]

1. = Brekis n. pl. a1400 Leg. S. xl. 1080.
Al nakit bot sark & breke
c1420 Wynt. i. 452.
Amang thame all wes nocht a breke
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 104; Ib. 119.
Thy bawis hingis throw thy breik
1531 Bell. Boece II. 479.
Thay sit full stil, that hes ane revin breik
1540 Lynd. Sat. 434.
I wait ȝe beare his health into ȝour breik
a1598 Ferg. Prov. 62.
It is ill to take a breik off a bair arse
1599 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 398.
Cleyth to be coit and breik

b. Attrib. with bowchour (= patcher). a1568 Bann. MS. 140 a/23.
Fy on the telȝour that nevir wes trew … Breik bowchour on ane sonny bray

2. The breech of the body. a1500 Henr. Fab. 521.
I hecht … Within ane oulk … To get ane berne, suld better claw my breik

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