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BRIM, v. futuere.
- 'So he ranges all over the town
- A seeking some others to brim.'
- Mather's Songs, 42.
- The word is here applied to a boar. 'To bryme, subare.'—Cath. Angl.
BRINCLIFFE, the name of a suburban district of Sheffield. See NETHER EDGE, to which Brincliffe Edge corresponds.
- In the will of John Bright, yeoman, 1653, the place is called 'Brendclijfe Edge.' Cf. Dan. brink, edge, slope. 'Clyffe or an hylle (clefe of an hyll). Declivum.' Prompt. Parv. See BREND WOOD. I have no doubt that the correct form is Brend Cliffe. Bateman mentions Brand Cliffe at Hartington, Derbyshire. 'Bryne or Brand signifies the combustion or the burning, and indicates the heathen rite of interment by cremation.'—Kemble, cited in Ten Years' Diggings, p. 290. Bateman opened a barrow at Bruncliff.—Vestiges, p. 101.
BRING FORTH, v. to lead to the grave.
- I give this on the authority of Hunter, who, in a note on the words 'brought forth,' says: 'Not quite out of use, but very common in old wills. Samuel Savage, a grocer at Sheffield, in 1672, directs that he shall be decently brought forth after the manner that his late deceased wife was. "To be brought forth of my whole goods," so common in old wills, means that the expenses of the funeral shall be borne out of the personal estate.'—Hunter's MS.
BRINGLEY LANE, in Stannington. Harrison.
- Now Bingley Lane.
BRISED.
- 'A child or any creature whose growth has been stopped by want of proper nourishment is said to be brised. I cannot say that I ever heard it, and I place it here on the authority of a distant correspondent.'—Hunters MS.
- I have heard brizzed, shrivelled, burnt up, over-heated.
BRISKET, sb. the front part of the breast of veal, beef, &c. See BRUSKET.
BRITTAINS PIECE, a place in Bradfield. O. M.
BROADS, sb. pl. playing-cards.
- 'Come, bring t' broads, an let's have a game.'
BROCCO, a Sheffield place-name. See BROKOW.
BROCK, sb. the small plant insect which envelops itself in a white froth.
- 'To sweat like a brock.' L.
BROCK, sb. a badger.
BROD, sb. a rod of wood sharpened at one end, used by a thatcher to pierce and fix his work.
- It is called a thack-brod. 'Brode, hedlese nayle.' Prompt. Parv.
