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Quotation dates: 1860
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BRAISE, v. To bruise (Ags. 1975).Gsw. 1860 J. Young Selections (1881) 92:
And had she gat the pith, I ween Some noses wad be braised.
[The form suggests deriv. from O.Fr. bru(i)s(i)er, one of the several sources which have coalesced in Eng. bruise, but it may be simply on analogy with yaise, Use, v. The commoner Sc. form is Brizz, q.v.]
