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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1808-1823, 1875
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†BRUIND, Brund, Broond, v.1 [brynd, brʌnd, brund]
1. To emit sparks, to blaze.n.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
It's brundin, the fire flies from it.Ags. 1823 Edb. Mag. and Lit. Misc. (Sept.) 313/1:
Some ill-deedy smatchet brougght me sic a wallop wi' a sna'-ba', as gart the fire flee oot o' my een, bruinding like elf candle.
Vbl.n. bruindin, “the emission of sparks” (Fif. 1825 Jam.2).
2. Of the eye: to sparkle, flash; “applied to the eye as expressing either love or anger” (Per. 1825 Jam.2).
3. To roar.Ags. 1875 J. Watson Samples of Common Sense in Verse 63:
The mill wad roarin' rin a' nicht, Broondin' like pitch-fed fires.
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