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Fr. _braverie_, id. from _braver_, to brave, to play the gallant.

BRAUITIE, _s._

1. A show, a pageant.

_Burel._

2. Finery in dress, S.

V. ~Braw~.

_Burel._

Fr. _bravete_, pour avoir de beaux habits; Gl. Roquefort.

BRAUL, BRAWL, _s._ The same as _Brangle_.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _bransle_, _branle_.

BRAUs.h.i.+E, _adj._ Stormy.

V. ~Brash~, _v._

BRAW, BRA', _adj._

1. Fine, gaily dressed, S.

_Morison._

Teut. _brauwe_, ornatus, bellus; Fr. _brave_, id. Isl. _braer_, nitet, splendet.

2. Handsome, S.

_Burns._

3. Pleasant, agreeable, S.

_A. Nicol._

4. Worthy, excellent, S. _A braw man_, a worthy man, S.

Su. G. _braf_, bonus, praestans. _En braf man_, the very phrase still used by the vulgar in S. Germ. _brav_, id. _Braw_ is often used adverbially, as conjoined with the copulative: _Braw and able_, abundantly able for any work or undertaking; _Braw and weel_, in good health.

Hence,