riegated; having a mixture of black or other broggourt. A Mi 
color and white : applied chiefly to cattle, brogue 1 (brog), i 
[Scotch.] Also brocket I, brnki-d, and hroakit. Ir. brftg, a shoe, < 
brocket 
A Middle English variant of brl:< r. 
n. [Sc. brog, brogue, < Gael. 
, Gael, also a hoof. The brogue 
was made of rough hide; it was regarded as 
characteristic of the wilder Irish, and so the 
name came to designate 
their manner of speaking 
English.] 1. Formerly, 
in Ireland, a shoe made 
of rawhide, with the hair 
outward, reaching as far 
as the ankle and tied by 
thongs. 2. A similar 
foot-covering worn by 
the Scotch Highlanders, 
^tflSkrWflteTa. Havingawhitelon- ^M? ^^^h'S'hKo 
gttudinal mark down the face, like a badger, 
brockisht (brok'ish), a. [< brock* + -Wi 1 .] 
Like a brock or badger; beastly: brutal: as, 
broeki.ili boors," Sp. Bale, English Votaries, i. 
brockle (brok'l), a. and n. [E. dial., also 
bnickle, var. of brickie, < ME. brekel, brokel, 
brukel: see brickie, and cf. broclfl, .] I. a. 
1. Same as brickie. 2. Apt to break through 
a field: said of cattle. [Prov. Eng.] 
Il.t " Broken pieces; fragments; rubbish. 
brockram (brok'ram), n. Calcareous breccia 
derived from the waste of the carboniferous 
limestones, occurring in the north of England, 
brocket (brok'ct), . [< ME. broket, substituted 
forF. bmciirt, now broyuiirt, a brocket, H named 
from having but one tine to his horn, < OF. 
broi; \'\ linii-lti; dial. ln-i><;:\ -]>it. liniuch, etc., a 
tine of a stag's horn; cf. OF. brin/ui-t, dim. of 
broc, as above. Cf. E. i>rirl;H, < prick, a point, 
etc.. and G. spiesser, a brocket, < spies* = E. 
'*.] 1. A red deer two years old ; a pricket. 
'I'lu- term ha. hern used (in the plural) by some natural 
ists to iloL'iiiitc a ui'i'up of the deer family. 
2. Any deer of South America of the genus 
I'liriitCUS. The red brocket is C. rufus of Brazil; the 
Ancient Iribh li 
, 
stripped off or half dried, and having holes to 
allow water to escape. 
To shun the clash of foeman's steel 
No Highland brogue has turned the hr.-l. 
Scutt, Nora's Vow. 
Slum- [of the new captains and lieutenants! had been - 
used to wear broyvet that they stumbled and shuffled 
aliout strangely in their military jack-boots. 
Maeaalay, Hist. Eng., vl. 
3. A smooth piece of wood worn on the foot 
in the operation of washing tin, when the ore 
is in fine particles. 4. A dialectal manner 
of pronunciation : especially used of the mode 
of pronouncing English peculiar to the Irish. 
In the House of Commons, the Scotch accent and the 
Irish broijve may be often heard. Quarterly Her. 
* (brog). . A variant of brog'*. Jfurit*. 
in sandstones of Permian age, and especially 
well developed in the valley of the Eden. 
f North. 1'jMf^. I UiUKllC" V, IJlv i5yj ** ** *****"*> v * *" "M "" iv. 
brod (brod), . [So., < Icel. broddr, a spike; cf. brogues (brogz), . pi. Same as breeches. [Prov. 
Gael. Ir. brod, a goad, prickle, sting : see brail, Eng.] 
andcf.prorf.] 1. A sharp-pointed instrument, broidt 
2. A prick with such an instrument; hence, 
an incitement ; instigation. 
brod (brod), r. t. or i. ; pret. and pp. brodded, ppr. 
broddiiig. [< broil, .] To prick ; spur; pierce ; 
prod : often used figuratively. [Scotch.] 
broddle (brod'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. broddled, broider (broi'der), t. t. [Early mod. E. 
ppr. broddliHi/. [E. dial., freq. of brod, t:] To brouder, broicder, brauder, broiler; < ME. i 
prick; pierce; make holes in. 
brodekin, brodequin (brod 'kin), . [< F. 
brodequiH, earlier "brosequin, brousequin = It. 
borzacchino = Sp. borcegui, formerly barsegui, 
boszegui, bolzequin = Pg. borzeguin, < MD. bro- 
seken, brosken, broosken, buskin: gee buskin.'] 
A buskin or half-boot. [Obsolete or rare.] 
Instead uf shoes and stockings, a pair of buskins or 
brodekins. Kcltard, Hist. Eng. 
brodelM, brodel'^t. See brothel*, brothel"*. 
brodert, broderert. See braider, broiderer. 
Brodie's disease, joint. See the nouns. 
broellat (bra-el'S,), n. [ML. ; OF. brouelle.] A 
coarse kind' of cloth, used for the ordinary 
dresses of countrymen and the monastic clergy 
in the middle ages, f'airholt. 
brog 1 (brog), . [Sc., < Gael, brog, a shoemakers' 
awl: see broach.] 1. A pointed instrument, 
as a shoemakers' awl; a joiners' awl. 2. A 
small stick used in catching eels. [North. Eng.] 
3. A jab with a sharp instrument. [Scotch.] 
brog 1 (brog), r. *. ; pret. and pp. bragged, ppr. 
bragging. [< brog, n.; cf. Gael, brog, spur, 
stimulate, goad, and see prog.] 1. To prick 
with an awl or other sharp-pointed instrument ; 
push or thrust, as an instrument: as, to brog 
leather. [Scotch.] 
an elshin through bend leather. 
Scott, Heart of Midlothian, v. 
broidt (broid), v. [< ME. broyden, broicden, etc., 
variants (due to the pp. broden, broaden) of 
breiden, braiden, braid : see braid*, and cf. 
broider.'] Same as braid*. 
Hire yolwe heer was broieded [var. broyded, breided] in a 
tresse. Chaucer, Knight s Tale, 1. 191. 
also 
bronc- 
dren, brauderen, confused with (as if freq. forms 
of) broyden, brotcden (early mod. E. broid, broud, 
var. forms of braid* : see braid*, broud, brand), 
but prop. var. forms of borduren, barderen, 
E. border, v. (after broiilery, broudery, q. v.) ; 
ult. < F. broder, usually border (= Sp. Pg. 601- 
ilar = It. bordare, < ML. "bordare), adorn with 
needlework, prop, work on the edge, < bord, 
border, edge, welt, or hem of a garment, etc. : 
see border and board. Cf. embroider.] To adorn 
with figures of needlework, or by sewing on 
ornaments; embroider: as, ''a brmdered coat," 
Ex. xxviii. 4. [Obsolete or poetical.] 
A red sleeve 
Broidttr'd with pearls. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine, 
buff coats all frounced and broidered o'er. 
Scott, L. of L. M., iv. 15. 
i'der-er), ii. [< ME. braiderere, 
wderere ;< braider + -er*.] One 
who embroiders; an embroiderer. [Rare.] 
broideress (broi'der-es), w. [< broider + -ess.] 
A woman who embroiders; an embroideress. 
.; pi. broideries (-iz). [< 
broiderie, broudery, brawdrye, < 
OF. broderie, broidery, < broder, broider, bor- 
der: see broider. Ct. embroidery.] Embroidery; 
ornamental needlework wrought upon cloth. 
[Obsolete or poetical.] 
The frail bluebell peereth over 
Rare broid'ry of the purple clover. 
Tennyson, A Dirge. 
[OF., also broingc, brugne, brunie, 
2. To catch (eels) by means of small sticks 
called brogs. [North. Eng.] 
brog- (brog), H. [Sc. also brogue, perhaps a 
particular use of brog*, 2; but cf. Icel. brugg, broignet, [<->F., also broingc, brugne,^ brunie, 
a scheming, machination, lit. a brewing, < ML. bronia, brunia, of Teut. origin, < AS. byrnc, 
iiriii'tia, brew, concoct: see brew*.] A trick. etc., a cuirass : see byniie.'] In the early mid- 
brog :i (brog), ii. [Perhaps an altered form of die ages, a defensive garment made by sew- 
(/'; but cf. ML. broijilus, etc., a thicket, G. ing rings or plates of metal upon leather or 
woven stuff. For this was substituted the hauberk of 
mail by those persons who could afford the expense ; but 
the hroigne, which could be manufactured at home or by 
any person who could sew strongly, was in use among the 
briihl, a marshy place overgrown with bushes, 
under broiP.] A swampy or bushy place. 
Hitlliu-1-n. [North. Eng.] 
brog 4 !, A variant of 6ro;/< '. 
brogan (bro'gan or bro-gan'), . [Cf. Gael. 
brognn, pi. of brag: see brogue*.] 1. Af 
half-boot in which the j 
is undivided, and broac 
the instep-piece, and are tied by strings. 2. 
A boat used on Chesapeake Bay. [Local, U. S.] 
broggerite (breg'er-it), n. [After the Norwe- 
gian mineralogist W. C. .Broker.] A mineral 
allied to uranmite, and consisting largely of 
uranium oxid. 
brogglet (brog'l), r. i. [Freq. of brog*. c.. q. v.] 
1. TO pierce: prick. [Scotch.] 2. To fish for 
pels by troubling the water. Wright. 
peasantry, and even among foot-soldiera, at least as late 
as the fourteenth century. 
iir'iiiiiifi'.] 1. ^A form of broil 1 (broil), v. [= Sc. broilyie, brulyie, < ME. 
part covering the instep brailen, < OF. bruiller, broil, grill, roast, < bruir 
d side-flaps meet above in same senses (F. brouir, blight), < MHG. 
briii'ji-ii, briien. scald, singe, burn, G. briilieii, 
scald (= MLG. brogen, broien, brugcn, scald, 
cook, = MD. broeijen, scald, D. broeijen, hatch, 
brood, breed, soak, grow hot), < MHG. brueje, 
G. briihe = MD. broeije, broth, < Teut. / *bro, 
warm, heat. Cf. bree*, bretcix, and see brood 1 .] 
I. triniK. To cook by the direct action of heat 
over or in front of a clear fire, generally upon 
a gridiron, as meat or fish. 
brokage 
He cowde route iiml setlie unit '"i(l-' and fire. 
Chaucer, Oen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 383. 
II. inlraim. 1. To be subjected to the action 
of heat, as meat over a fire. Hence 2. Figu- 
ratively, to be greatly heated; be heated to 
the point of great discomfort. 
God save you, sir ! Where have you len tmitliim ' 
.. Hen. VIII., Iv. 1. 
3. To fret ; stew ; be very impatient. 
He broiled with impatience to put iiis ileHign in exe- 
cution. MtnW, Tri-tram Mialidy, il. 5. 
broil 2 (broil), ii. [In the earliest use known, 
Lord Berners's translation of Froissart, vol. ii. 
c. 140 (1525), the word is spelled breuil, appar. 
< OF. 'breul, 'breuil, "broil, a tumult, broil (= 
It. broglio, Olt. also brollo, broggio (Florio), 
confusion, tumult, rising, revolt), a verbal noun, 
agreeing with the newly formed mod. F. brouillt- 
(> early mod. E. broilly, Sc. brulyir), disagree- 
ment, misunderstanding, falling out (cf. OF. 
ill-mi i n i . brouillis, quarrel, contention, discord, 
confusion), < OF. brouiller, mod. F. brouiller (= 
Pr. brolhar = OSp. brollar = Pg. brolhar= It. 
brogliare, Olt. also brollare), confuse, jumble, 
trouble, mar, spoil, otc.,prob. orig. entangle as 
in a thicket (cf. E. Broyl, the name of a wood 
in Sussex), < breul, breuil, broil (= Pr. bruelh, 
m. ; also OF. bruelle = Pr. brurlha = Pg. 
brulha, t.), a thicket, grove, wood, forest (agree- 
ing with the assumed forms cited above in 
the sense of 'tumult, confusion'), = It. bruolo, 
a kitchen-garden, brolo, an orchard, Olt. broilo, 
brollo, a garden, < ML. broilus, brolium, bro- 
gilug, also broel, a wood, forest, park, deer- 
park, also a field, meadow, orchard, prob. < 
OHG. "broil, MHG. briiel, G. briihl, a marshy 
place overgrown with bushes: a word of un- 
known origin. Cf. E. dial. (North.) brog, a 
swampy or bushy place.] An angry tumult; 
a noisy quarrel ; contention ; discord. 
But Cassaues retyring Into Persia to pacific new broilei, 
the Sultan recouered the same. 
Pure/tan, Pilgrimage, p. 281. 
Your intestine broil* 
Weakening the sceptre of old Night. 
Jltttun, P. L., 11. 1001. 
And deadly feud, or thirst of spoil, 
Break out in some unseemly brm'L 
Scott, Ma rm ion. i. -Hi. 
= 8yn. Affray, Altercation, eU'. See quarrell, n. 
broil 2 t.r.. [< broiP, n. Ct. embroil*.] To raise 
a broil ; quarrel ; brawl. 
broil 3 (bril), . [Also written bryle ; origin un- 
certain.] In mining, a collection of loose frag- 
ments, usually discolored by oxidation, resting 
on the surface, and indicating the presence of 
a mineral vein beneath. See outcrop and gos- 
san. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
broiler 1 (broi'ler), H. [< broil* + -er*.] 1. 
One who or that which broils ; any device for 
broiling meats or fish. 2. A chicken fit for 
broiling. 3. A hot day. See broiling. 
broiler^ (broi'ler), n. [< brmft, r., + -er*.] 
One who excites broils or promotes quarrels. 
Wliat doth he but turn bniler, . . . make new libels 
against the church? Hammond, Sermons, p. M4. 
broileryt, " [Early mod. E. broylery, broil- 
lerie, also (as F.) brouillerie, < F. brouillerit, 
confusion, < brouiller, confuse: see broift.] 
Contention; dispute. 
broiling (broi'ling), p. a. [Ppr. of broil*, v.] 
Excessively hot and humid ; torrid : as, a broil- 
ing day. 
The weather for this fortnight has been broiling without 
interruption, one thunder-shower excepted, which did not 
cool the air at all. Gray, Letters, I. 898. 
broillyt, An obsolete form of broi ft. 
broilmentt, . [= Sc. brulyiement ; < broif* + 
-mrnt.] A broil; a brawl. 
broinderg (broin'derg), H. [< Gael, brudhearg, 
redbreast, lit. red-bellied. < brtt (gen. bronn, 
dat. broinn), belly (= W. bru, belly), + dcarg, 
red.] A name for the redbreast, Erythacus 
ntbecula. Macgillivray. [Local, Scotch.] 
brokage (bro'kaj), . [Also written brocage, < 
ME. brokage, brocage, < broc- in brocour, bro- 
ker, -t- -age. See broker.] 1. An arrangement 
made or sought to be made through the agency 
of a broker or go-between. 
He woweth hire by inene and by fcr.., 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, L 188. 
2. The premium or commission of a broker; 
the gain or profit derived from transacting busi- 
ness as broker for another. 3. The trade of 
a broker ; the transacting of commercial busi- 
ness, as buying and selling, for other men. See 
broke 1 *, bnikir. 
The Jewcs in Rome . . . live onely upon brolcage and 
usury. Evelyn, Wary, Jan. 15. 1B*5. 
