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INBRING, v. 1. To bring in, to import (Sc. 1808 Jam.; m.Lth. 1958). Vbl.n. inbringin(g), bringing in, lit. and fig.; pa.p. inbrocht, imported (Abd. 1825 Jam.), as a n., an incomer; deriv. inbringer, an importer, one who brings in goods for sale.Mry. 1706 W. Cramond Grant Court Bk. (1897) 20:
All in the glens shall hest in inbringing ther beasts to ther own proper shealings ilk night.Abd. 1729 Caled. Mercury (17 June):
The Inbringers thereof shall be free of Toll, Custom, or any other Duty for the Space of Seven Years to come.Gsw. 1758 P. B. McNab Hist. Incorp. Gardeners Gsw. (1903) 4:
Each Thousand of Kail plants of whatever denomination which shall be inbrought, sold, or exposed for sale by unfreemen within the Burgh.Ags. 1910 J. Lee Poems 27:
Whan the plate pass'd round the pews Towards their [Jews'] inbringin', loudly cried — “They'll no' come in!”Dmf. 1921 J. L. Waugh Heroes 50:
Nane o' us Shinnel fouk ken for certain, as he's an inbrocht, an' a forby, queer, ill-hair't inbrocht at that.

†2. To bring in as prisoners, arrest.Sc. 1830 Scott Rob Roy Intro. xxii.:
The Earl of Argyle's service . . . in the inbringing of MacGregor, with a great many of the leading men of the clan, worthily executed to death.

3. Sc. Law: to bring in by legal authority, to produce in court; specif. to confiscate for the use of the Crown, esp. common in the formula for the sentence of a convicted rebel. Gen. found in pa.p. inbrought, seized and confiscated.Sc. 1700 S.C. Misc. (1846) III. 190:
We . . . declairs their heall moveable goods and gear to be escheat, and inbrought to the Fiscall for his majesties interest.Sc. 1736 Crim. Trials Illustrative of H. Midlothian 75:
Ordained all their moveable goods and gear to be escheat and inbrought to his Majesty's use.