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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1513, 1575-1605
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Brat(t)ill, Brattle, n. [Imitative.] A rattle or clatter; a sharp assault. c1500 Rowll Cursing 244.
Than sall bla Baliall gif ane brattill c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 73 (A).
His birnes brak and maid a bratill [B. brattill] 1513 Doug. ix. xi. 96.
The hydduus scheild abufe him maid a brattill c 1575 Satirical Poems xlv. 1082.
On the flure he got a fall, While doun came cannabie and all Vpon his bellie with sic a brattle a1605 Montg. Son. xxii. 14.
Scho shuits so sharpe, ȝe dou not byde a brattill
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