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Braid, n. Also: brayde, brade, bred. [ME. braid, breid (c 1300), also brayd(e, breyd(e, OE. ᵹebreᵹd, f. breᵹdan Braid v.]
1. A sudden movement; a start or jerk. a1400 Leg. S. ix. 234.
Quhene the angel had this sad, The fellone fende mad a brade, & … held his gate c1420 Wynt. iii. 389.
In his walknyng, wytht a brayde, … thai twa rapys … He brak a1500 Henr. Fab. 427.
The cok start bakwart in ane braid a1500 Colk. Sow ii. 180.
Till that the pig brak fra thame in a braid a1500 Seven S. 1530.
Scho … rais wp with a sudand braid 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 654.
Vnto the nimphe I maid a busteous braid c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 184.
With a braid I turnyt me about To se this court 1513 Doug. ii. iv. 23.
Wyth a braid, to Laocon infeir Thai start atanys Ib. xii. v. 143.
Sum … Ruschit on thar fays with a feirfull braid a1568 Bann. MS. 233 b/20.
Vnto my bed scho maid a braid c1500-c1512 Dunb. liii. 45 (M).
Of his band he maid a bred, And to the danceing son he him med c1590 Fowler 118/5.
The sun … was abowe our hemisphere vplifted with a braid a1603 Anc. Proph. 14.
Then a brok shal make a braid on a braid field
2. A sudden blow, shock, or attack. a1500 Rauf C. 858.
He gaue ane braid with his brand to the beirne by a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1068.
The wale [= veil] … in twa it schure, For of his ded it mycht nocht bid the braid 1596 Dalr. II. 143/5.
The kure of the Scotis bordouris, to hald aff the Inglis braids
3. A fit of madness or folly. c1420 Wynt. v. 2138.
Swa the destyne wes welle Fulfillyd … That the wod prest off fors said, Quhen he wes brankand in his brayd 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xix. 34.
To presume vpon the prerogatiue … were a braine-sick brade
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