brae

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In the house on the brae was a great kettle, called the boiler, that was said to be fifty years old in the days of Hendry's grandfather, of whom nothing more is known.

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  1. noun Scots A hillside; a slope.

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  • You are down among the mist now; I am farther up the brae, and get a glimpse, through the cloud, of the sunshine beyond. —  Christie Redfern's Troubles
  • In the house on the brae was a great kettle, called the boiler, that was said to be fifty years old in the days of Hendry's grandfather, of whom nothing more is known. —  A Window in Thrums
  • The steep path up the commonty makes for this elbow of the brae, and thus, whichever way the traveller takes, it is here that he comes first into sight of the window. —  A Window in Thrums
  • From her window I saw Hendry buying dulse Now and again the dulseman wheeled his slimy boxes to the top of the brae, and sat there stolidly on the shafts of his barrow. —  A Window in Thrums
  • A beggar met him one day on the brae, and got a shilling from him. —  A Window in Thrums
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  1. Middle English bra, from Old Norse brā, eyebrow (unattested sense), eyelash.

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  1. = English bray, q. v.
 

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