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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BRUB, v. “To check, to restrain, to keep under, to oppress, to break one's spirit by severity” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.).

[Prob. a variant of n.Eng. dial. brob, to prick, pierce, poke (E.D.D.). See also Broble.]

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