![]() (May) 142: And Jeemsie wis growin' fair seek o't and ettlin' to mak' a breenge for his caur. A violent or clumsy rush, a dash, a plunge. Ford Hamespun Lays 92, 112: Mony a-reengin' wi' the tawse. To beat, batter, belabour, pelt, knock (Abd. 2) 23: Lattin' breenge at the box, first wi' his hands and then wi' his feet.Ĥ. 1 1935: He leet breenge at 'im wi' a stock. 1 1935: Something cam' breenge doon the stair. Phrases: (1) come breenge, rush noisily (2) let breenge, aim a blow. ![]() Verses and Sangs 29: D'ye min' oor glorious snawba' fechts At nicht when skule met skule? Tho' whiles the “Mice” wad chase the “Rats,” An' breenge them doon the hill.ģ. An' the lees that he tells are a waefu' disgrace, But naebody yet breenged a door in his face. Cocker Poems 49: Auld Paddy, the packman, comes daunerin' roon. Ford Tayside Songs 142: They breeng'd him wi' bauchels, they chased him wi' cheers. 23: Wha breinges the big folk till nought. Stirrat Poems 100: Tho' nature ties me to the sex, Nae breendging queen shall e'er me vex.Ģ. Medwin Crummleyknowe 264: Andrew was breengin and dour, too, in his way. 1 1935: A bustling woman with a sharpish tongue is called a “breingin' bodie.” m.Lth. 1995 Sheena Blackhall Lament for the Raj 21: Noo, breengin bawds rin gyte Lythe lammies lowp plash! puddocks plowp. Waugh Cute McCheyne 106: Whoa, Sally! what are ye braingin' at? Ye'll ha'e that guid graith a' shaken to bits. 65: He first felt fain, then unco queer, Began to loup, and brange, and rear. 1786 Burns Auld Farmer's Salutation xii.: Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an' flisket. 1 1931: O aye, it's true eneuch: he never breinget to deny it. 1995 Alan Warner Morvern Callar 60: The Panatine breenged in and over to the bar. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 4: Ah cry it a dampt disgrace That a naebody should tak the maister's place! To breenge in here, a raggity bare-fit tink, Wi' the bareface to tell us whit to think. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 300: She picked up speed on the slope past the St James shopping centre. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 10: He paused, and Jackie wondered if he was going to offer her a free pass, but he only drew breath before breenging on with the sales-pitch. Kennedy” Orra Boughs xxx: Or shall I breenge on, and at the end o' livin' be able to say “I've lived”? em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate Armstrong in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 114: Sea-maws twirl mirligo. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 8: Bit Davie breenged hame, suppit a glaiss o milk, ett a quick piece, syne hashed on oot an awa ower the back roadies tae Neil's hoose. 1 1929: The maister cam' hame wi' a guid dram in, breenget aboot, knockit owre a cheer or twa an scared the bairns. 1998 Herald 20 Jan : Then when we noticed that other cities were using their waterfront for urban regeneration, Glasgow breenged back towards the Clyde like an excited toddler heading for the beach. 1991 Scotsman 31 Oct 22: All Blacks caught offside after Armstrong had breenged from short penalty. To rush forward recklessly or carelessly to plunge to make a violent effort. Includes material from the 19 supplements.īREENGE, BRAINGE, Breinge, Brange, Bringe, v. Show Show Browse Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)įirst published 1941 (SND Vol.
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