Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†BRATCHIE, n. “Indian rubber. That elastic gum which comes from the Indian tribes, used for defacing marks of wadd, or black lead” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 89).
[Phs. a dim. of Brat, n., 5, a rag, with contamination from scratch.]
