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BREARDS, _s. pl._ The short flax recovered from the first tow, by a second hackling. The tow, thrown off by this second hackling, is called _backings_.

_Edin. Courant._

_To_ BREAST, _v. n._ To spring up or forward; a term applied to a horse, S.

_Burns._

From the action of the _breast_ in this effort.

~Breast-woddie~, _s._ That part of the harness of a carriage-horse, which goes round the breast, S. B.

V. ~Rig-Widdie~.

_Journal Lond._

BRECHAME, BRECHEM, _s._ The collar of a working-horse, S.

V. ~Haims~.

_Bannatyne Poems._

_Baurghwan_ is used in the same sense, A. Bor. Gael. Ir. _braigh_, the neck; whence _braighaidain_, a collar. The last syllable has more resemblance of Teut. _hamme_, a collar.

BREDDIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, wreathed.

_Palice of Hon._

A. S. _bred-an_, Teut. _breyd-en_, to wreathe.

BREDE, WYNTER-BREDE, _s._ Provisions for winter.

_Douglas._

This may be merely _bread_. But Isl. _braad_ is rendered, praeda, esca, carnivori animalis.

BREDIR, _s. pl._ Brethren.

V. ~Brodir~.

BREDIS.

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