brose

[ brohz ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.

brose

/ brəʊz /

noun

1. See Atholl brose
   oatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat added See also Atholl brose

Other Words From

• brosy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of brose¹

1400–50; late Middle English broys < Old French broez; brewis

Word History and Origins

Origin of brose¹

C13 broys , from Old French broez , from breu broth, of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

Gin I had a bonny wee dog I'd gie 'im ma ain brose, an' cuddle 'im, an' he couldna gang awa'.

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But Brose's fell as falls the barometer in the centre of a cyclone.

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Mr. Brose saw him, and was on his tracks like a fish-hawk on a herring-gull.

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We can dispense with Mr. Potts's services for the time, eh, Mr. Brose?

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Even as I stood there, the old witch bent down and laid the dish before the wolf that he might finish the brose.

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