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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1709
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BRAE LAND, n. See quot., which is phs. a mistake for brueland, a place where brewing is done.Slg. 1709 Slg. Burgh Rec. (1889) 120:
The Friar yaird, with the house, office houses, brae, land, and pertinents.
[O.Sc. brewland, a.1300.]
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