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12 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Braik, sb. a large harrow, sometimes called a ' doable hanow/ usually drawn by two horses ; the ' single harrow ' is much smaller, and is so called, not because it is in one piece, it is really double, but because it is drawn by one horse. Braird, sb. The young blades of com, flax, &c. that come up in a field are called the braird. Bramble, sb, withered branches ; rubbish of twigs, &c Bramelly, or Brambled. A ' ^aTTz^Z/^-legged man 'is a man who is either ' knock-kneed ' or < out-kneed,' or has misshapen feet and legs. Branded, Brannet, a4f. of a red colour with streaks or bands, applied to cattle. Brander, eb. a broiling iron. Brash, (1) sb, a turn at the operation of churning. ^ Gi'e the chum brctah.' (2) sb, an attack of illness. Brattle, sb. a peal of thunder. Brave, adj, fine ; large. ' That's a brave day.' * That's a brave chile ye've got' Bravely, adv. finely. * He's doin' bravdy,* i. e. he is recovering finely. Brazier, sb. a fish ; the pout^ Morrhua litsca ; also the poor or power cod, M. minuia; also the common sea bream, Fagdlus centrodorUue, Bread. 'Bread and butter, and tith, thith, thith.' A child is asked to repeat this, and when he gets to the last S3rllables the tongue gets between the teeth, and when some one gives him an unexpected blow under the chin of course the tongue gets bitten. Bread and cheese^ sb, the young leaf-buds of the hawthorn. Break, (1) «5. a word used by the Ulster Scots for a rout or defeat (obsolete). * The Break of Drummore,' * The Break of Killeleigh.' (2) v. to change money. * Can you hreaJc that pound note for me P ' Break by kind, v. to be different in habits, disposition, &c., from one's parents. " The son of a dhrunk man 'iU le be inclined to be dhrunk hisself, if he dizint break by hind.^* — OLLioiacK. Breeks, sb. pi. trousers. Breest, or Breast, v. to spring up and alight with the breast upon some object. * Cud ye breest that wall P ' Breeze, sb, fine cinders or coke. '* The price of fine breeze has been reduced to 3«. per 40 bushels." — Belfast Paper , 1876. Bremmisk, sb, a dash, or furious inish or blow; the sudden rush made by a ram. Brent clean, adj. quite clean.