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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BROT, n.², and v.

1. n. A tangle, muddle.Abd.⁹ (Donside) 1936 :
I saw'd gweed girss seed an' it cam' up a brot o' sooricks.Per. 1898 E.D.D.:
Yer stocking or yer yarn has gone into a brot. A child's head may be “in a brot o' vermin” when they are there in abundance, or a coat is worn out “into a brot o' holes.”

2. v. To tangle; to darn clumsily.Abd.² 1936:
The haunless taupie has brotit a' my shank.Per. 1898 E.D.D.:
A clumsily darned hole in an apron, stocking, etc., is “a' brotted.” “What gart ye brot the heel that wye?”