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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UP-BRAE, adj. Uphill (Ork. 1973). See Brae, n.Dmf. 1869 R. Quinn Plain Truth 261:
In gospel gulph thou'd na hae rumbled doon, Nor Dumfries ‘popery' gi'en an up-brae sten.