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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BROW, Browe, adj. A variant of Braw, fine, genial, worthy. Applied more to mental qualities than to outward appearance. Apparently confined to ne.Sc. [brʌu]Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches xii.:
“He wis a browe aul' man, Maister Getherer,” said the goodwife.
Bnff.(D) 1847 A. Cumming Tales of the North (1896) 51; Bnff.2 1936:
Weel, ye was a tricky loon, an' a browe loon, an' a guid loon!
Abd. 1928 Abd. Wkly. Jnl. (16 Aug.) 6/3:
I never thocht tae mak' ye oot to be ony waur nor ye are, some grippy kin, and the like, tho' a brow stock for a' that.

[See etym. note to Braw.]

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