Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BRAIL, v. (See quot.) [brɛ:l (Marw.)]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
(Of fish, chiefly “kuithes” [coal-fish] or “sillocks”) to play on the surface of the water, to splash about on the surface: “they were just brailan all round but they would no come on the hook.”
