brak
1 Britishadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of brak1
C19: Afrikaans
Origin of brak2
C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter
Example Sentences
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Ne'er was a wife weel pleased coming frae the mill but ane, and she brak her neck bane.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Then I'd be obleeged if ye wald just stap in as ye'r gaing east the gate, and tell our folk that the stirk has gat fra her tether, an' 'ill brak on the wat clover.
From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)
She brak her elbow at the kirk door.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The keeper syne brak aff his chains, And set Lord Beichan at libertie:— She fill'd his pockets baith wi' gowd, To tak him till his ain countrie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
"Ay, but ye're no tauld to brak open folk's doors, to force them to repent," replied Cubby.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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