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~Broddit Staff~, ”A staff with a sharp point at the extremity,” Gl

Sibb Also called a _pike-staff_, S This is the sait-staff_

V ~Brog~

BRODYRE, BRODIR, _s_ A brother; pl _bredir_, _bredyre_

_Wyntown_

Isl _brodur_, pl _broeder_

~Brodir-Dochter~, _s_ A niece, S

_Wyntown_

_Brodir-son_ or _brother-son_, and _sister-son_, are used in the same manner; and _brother-bairn_ for cousin, S

A Swed idiom _Brorsdotter_, niece; _brorson_, nephew; _brorsbarn_, the children of a brother

BROD MALE, BRODMELL, _s_ The brood brought forth, or littered, at the same time

_Douglas_

From A S _brod_, proles, and _mael_, tehe-mael_, conjunx, Kilian

~Brod Sow~, A sow that has a litter

_Polwart_

_To_ BROG, _v a_ To pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument, S

_Acts Ja I_

Hence _broggit staff_, -staff_ is now used in the same sense, q v

~Brog~, _s_

1 A pointed instrument; such as an awl, S

2 A job with such an instrument, S

BROG, BROGUE, _s_ A coarse and light kind of shoe, hlanders, and by those who go to shoot in the hills, S