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BROCKED, BROAKIT, _adj._ Variegated, having a mixture of black and white, S. A cow is said to be _broakit_, that has black spots or streaks, mingled with white, in her face, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Su. G. _brokug_, _brokig_, party-coloured; Ir. _breach_, speckled; Gael. _brucach_, speckled in the face.

BROCKLIE, _adj._ Brittle.

V. ~Brukyl~.

BROD, _s._ A board, any flat piece of wood, a lid, S. A. Bor. _breid_, a shelf or board, Ray.

Isl. _broth_, A. S. _braed_, _bred_, id.

_To_ BROD, _v. a._

1. To p.r.i.c.k, to job; to spur, S.

_Douglas. Complaynt S._

2. To pierce, used metaph., S.

_Ferguson._

3. To incite, to stimulate; applied to the mind.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _brodd_, cuspis, aculeus; Isl. _brodd_, the point of an arrow; sometimes the arrow itself, a javelin, any pointed piece of iron or steel; _brydd-a_, pungere; Ir. Gael. _brod-am_, to spur, to stimulate.

~Brod~, ~Brode~, _s._

1. A sharp-pointed instrument; as the goad used to drive oxen forward, S.

_Wyntown._

2. A stroke with a sharp-pointed instrument, S.

_Complaynt S._

3. An incitement, instigation.

_Douglas._

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