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Quotation dates: 1824-1835, 1892
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BROIGH, BROICH, v. and n. Also frequentative broicher. Not known to our correspondents. [′brɔiç]
1. v. "To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting" (Lnk. 1808 Jam.).Sc. 1835 J. Mayne Maggy Maclane in Songs of Scot. (1871) 461:
Awa' owre the muir they cam' stottin' an' stoicherin'! Tramper an' traveller, a' beakin' an' broicherin'!Ant. 1892 Ballymena Obs. (E.D.D.):
Here he comes broighan an sweatin'.
2. n. (See quots.)Per., Lnk. 1825 Jam.2:
A broigh of heat, a fume, a state of complete perspiration.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 93:
To be warm and sweating much, is to be in a "broich" with sweat.
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