brak
1 Britishadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of brak1
C19: Afrikaans
Origin of brak2
C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter
Example Sentences
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The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.
From The Ontario High School Reader by A.E. Marty
She took the rock, and wi’ a knock She brak it o’er my pow.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
They ran their horse on the Langholme howm, And brak their spears wi’ mickle main; The ladies lukit frae their lofty windows— “God bring our men weel hame again!”
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
I lean'd my back unto an aik,5 I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true love did lightly me!
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
An' o' the fourth day, i' the efternoon, I gaed to my wark wi' my heid swimmin' and my hert like to brak for verra glaidness.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
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