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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1659
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(Brade side,) Braid syd(e, Bred syd(e, n. [e.m.E. broad side (1591).] The broad side of anything.(a) 1513 Doug. i. ii. 50.
He persit the bos hill at the braid syde 1513 Ib. iii. 18.
A blastrand bub … turnyt hir [sc. the ship's] braid syde to the wallis 1560 (c 1650) Dundee B. Laws 21.
It is statut that na ship in tyme of thrang lay too hir braid syde to liver or load at the shoar 1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 214.
The said Fynla … hes tuay houssis fast biggit to the braide syde of my house 1591 Reg. Morton I. 174.
He come … and brak ane fallowis house be the braidsyde 1659 Lanark B. Rec. 172.
That no man quho hes endes of landes lyand to the braidsyde of ane uther … wynd upoun the braidsyd of the said land(b) 1585 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. 193/1.
Tua bumbartis of irne … lyand on thair bred syde 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 168.
The watter … yeid out at the bred syd [of the mill-lade] 1643 Spalding II. 233.
Thir sex … schippis settis thair bred syde to hir lodging
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