Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BRUDGE, v. and n. [brʌdʒ]
1. v. To bruise, crush; to cut up finely.Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. Ork. Par. (1922) 104:
The household cutlery was limited to the . . . butching-gullie or kail-gullie, as it was often called (from the fact that cabbage was “brudged” (cut finely) before boiling).Ork. 1929 Marw.:
“He was busy brudgan kail for the pot.” Also of crushing or squashing something under foot — “dunno b[rudge] it.”
2. n. A bruise.Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 24:
An the peur auld crater was sairly mittled wi' a brudge on her hench.
