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Fr. _brodequin_, Teut. _broseken_, a buskin.

BROUDSTER, _s._ Embroiderer.

V. ~Browdin~.

_Pitscottie._

Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider.

BROUKIT, BROOKED, BRUCKIT, BRUKET, _adj._ The face is said to be _broukit_, when it has spots or streaks of dirt on it, when it is partly clean and partly foul. A sheep, that is streaked or speckled in the face, is designed in the same manner.

_Burns._

There can be no doubt that this is originally the same with ~Brocked~, ~Broakit~. We may add to the etymon there given, Dan.

_broged_, variegated; speckled, grisled.

BROW, _s. Nae brow_, no favourable opinion. ”An ill _brow_,” an opinion preconceived to the disadvantage of any person or thing, S.

_Mary Stewart._

BROWDIN, BROWDEN, _part. pa._ Fond, warmly attached, eagerly desirous, having a strong propensity, S. It often implies the idea of folly in the attachment, or in the degree of it.

_Montgomerie._

”To _browden on_ a thing, to be fond of it. North.” Gl. Grose.

It may be formed from Belg. _broed-en_, to brood, to hatch; all creatures being fond of their young.

BROWDYN, _part. pa._ Embroidered.

_Wyntown._

C. B. _brod-io_, and Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider. Isl. _brydd-a_, pungere, _brodd_, aculeus.

BROWDIN, _part. pa._ Expl. ”clotted, defiled, filthy,” Gl. Sibb.

_Chr. Kirk._

Teut. _brodde_, sordes.

BROWDYNE, _part. pa._ Displayed, unfurled.

_Barbour._