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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BRANDIT, Brandet, Branded, Brannet, Brannit, Brawnit, adj. Other forms for 1 are brandaed (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.), broonyit, brannick (Mry. 1914 T.S.D.C. I.). [′brɑndɪt, ′brɑnɪt Sc.; ′brunjɪt, ′brɑnɪk Mry.; ′brɔnɪt Dmf.]

1. Of animals: brindled; “striped across the back” (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Obs. in Eng. except dial.Sc. 1808 Jam.,
branded, brannit; Bnff.⁴ 1925; Abd.²², Ags.¹ 1935:
A branded cow is one that is almost entirely brown.Abd.(D) 1929 W. Robbie Mains of Yonderton 117:
Peter Watt . . .'at bocht the brannet coo fae ma aboot this time fernye'r, is still due twa poun' o' the price o' 'er.Ags. 1879 T. Ormond in A. L. Fenton Forfar Poets 148:
The whiskers o' a brandit kitten, The mullins o' a mustit row, They mixed up in a doddy mitten.Dmf. 1823 J. Kennedy Poems and Songs 49:
Ye brawnit trouts, now play your fill.

2. “Of woollen yarn, stuff, clothes: striped, having drab or disfiguring stripes, a b[randet] piece o' claith; streaked with dirt, claes b[randet] wi' dirt” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).

3. “Of bread baked on the gridiron: burnt across the middle; bread which has got a burnt stripe in the cooking” (Ib.).