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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†BRIERY, n. Of crops: the process of sprouting. See Breard. [′briəri]Ags. a.1850 A. Wilson in A. Reid Bards of Angus and the Mearns (1897) 505:
I've fouth o' guid gear, and I've kye in the byre, Wi' plenty o' land in briery, O.
