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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BRUCK, BRUKK, BRUICK, v.² To crush, bruise. [brʌk (Marw.)]Sh.(D) 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 12:
Ah! look oot, min, Rasmie, ye're brukkin mi tail!Sh.(D) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 42:
I hed ta gie hit up an' try me auld Shetlan' sye. Da new ane only brucked da girse an' destroyed hit.

Hence bruckin, bruickin, vbl.n., “a mauling, severe bruising” (Ork. 1929 Marw., bruckin).Ork. 1908 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh., etc. I. vi. 224:
He . . . gaed 'im seekena bruickin 'at 'e narlins dang da sowl oot o' 'im.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
What a b[ruckin] the horse ga'e him!