braird
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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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In the heart of the city the grass was growing in all the soft green transparency of spring, and a few fields of corn were marked out and showed the tender braird above the soil.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
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
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 Hogg, James
The hedges were bursting into bloom, the grass was dotted with daisies, and from the fields of braird rose larks and other birds, which sang as if they rejoiced with me.
From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Sellar, Gordon
"Ye're a fine sword," quo' the fool to the wheat braird.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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