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_Lord Hailes._

BROGH, _s._ _Ye man bring brogh and hammer for't_, i. e. You must bring proof for it, Loth.

In the North of Germany, the phrase _burg und emmer_ is used in a similar sense, as denoting legal security. Our _brogh_ and Germ. _burg_ both denote suretys.h.i.+p. The proper meaning of _emmer_ is not known.

_To_ BROGLE, _v. a._ To p.r.i.c.k, Loth. _Brog_, synon.

BROGUE, _s._ ”_A hum, a trick_,” S.

_Burns._

Isl. _brogd_, astus, stratagemata, Verel. _brigd_, id.

BROICE. Leg. _Broite_.

_Barbour._

_To_ BROIGH, _v. n._ To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of violent perspiration, and panting; Lanerks.

V. ~Brothe~, from which it is probably corr.

BROILLERIE, _s._ A state of contention.

V. ~Brulyie~.

_G.o.dscroft._

Fr. _brouillerie_, confusion.

BROK, BROCK, BROKS, _s._ Fragments of any kind, especially of meat; S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Moes. G. _ga-bruko_, Alem. _bruch_, id. Hence also Germ. _brocke_, a fragment.

_To_ ~Brok~, ~Brock~, _v. a._ To cut, crumble, or fritter any thing into shreds or small parcels, S.

Apparently formed as a frequentative from _break_; if not immediately from the _s._

BROKAR, _s._ A bawd, a pimp.

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