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Quotation dates: 1784
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†BRULIE, n. Sc. Church usage: a rough draft of a document, a scroll, jotting or memorandum of any formal proceeding, gen. attrib.Ayr. c.1784 A. Edgar Old Church Life (1886) I. 2:
Some are scroll books and are headed “Brulie” Minutes.
[Ad. Fr. brouillon, a rough draft, prob. directly derived from Genevan church practice.]
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