braird

American  

[braird] / brɛərd /

noun

1. the first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.

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verb (used without object)

1. (of a crop or a seed) to sprout; appear above the ground.

Etymology

Origin of braird

1400–50; late Middle English breird, variant of brerd a sprout, to sprout, Old English brerd edge, top; akin to brad

Example Sentences

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braird

He came into the hall where the wedding festival had been held; and as he opened the various windowboards, loving couples flew off like hares surprised too late in the morning among the early braird.

From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

But here there are no larks—a little further down and you will hear one ascending or descending over almost every field of grass or of the tender braird.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

"Ye're a fine sword," quo' the fool to the wheat braird.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Now, youth 's the spring-time o' your life, When seed is sown wi' care and toil, And hopes are high, and fears are rife, Lest weeds should rise the braird to spoil.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers

The bone-dust secures a good and quick braird of the plant, and the dung supports it powerfully afterwards.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various