Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†NURRIS-BRAID, adv. Of work: in so furious and energetic a manner as speedily to exhaust the worker (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).
[For the second element see Brade, n.2 and for the formation cf. flaucht-braid s.v. Flaucht, n.2, adv.; the first element is obscure.]
