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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BRUME, Brim, n. Also bruim (Lnk. 1890 H. Muir Reminisc. 82). Sc. forms of Eng. broom, the shrub Cytisus scoparius. Also used attrib. Known to Ags.¹, Fif.¹⁰, Lnk.³, Kcb.⁹ 1936. See also Breem, n.¹ [brym, brøm, brɪm, see P.L.D. § 35]Fif. 1894 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin, Swatches o' Hodden-grey xxix.:
Whankin' doon whatever opposed my progress — corn, thristles, carl-doddies, brume-cowes.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff x.:
Mair parteeklarly when there's cairtfu's o' brim growin' at the dyke-backs.Rnf. 1807 R. Tannahill Poems and Songs 158:
The brume, the brier, the birken bush Blume bonnie o'er thy flowery lea.