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_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. n._

1. To move quickly, to take long steps in rapid succession.

_Douglas._

2. To spring, to start.

_Gawan and Gol._

3. To break out, to issue with violence.

_Douglas._

4. To draw out quickly; used actively, especially with respect to the unsheathing or brandis.h.i.+ng of a sword, or other weapon of this kind.

_Wallace._

Isl. _braad-a_, accelerare. _At bregd-a sverde_, gladium ev.a.g.i.n.are vel stringere. A. S. _braed-an_, exerere, stringere.

BRADE, BRAIDE, _s._ A start, a spring, a quick motion of the body.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _bregd_, versura.

_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. a._ To attack, to a.s.sault; Rudd.

Isl. _bregd-a manne nidur_, sternere virum.

BRAID, s. a.s.sault, aim to strike.

_Douglas._

It is used in a similar sense, O. E. Isl. _bregd_, nisus, an attempt, an exertion.

BRADE, _adj._; S.

V. ~Braid~.

_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. a._ To turn round.

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