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A DICTIONARY OF 
Brake-fern. North. ^ A general word all England over, and better 
known in this county (Essex) than fern ; indeed the only word in use 
among the vulgar, who understand not fern.’ — Eay. See Gloss. B. 15. 
Brakens. Pteris aquUina, L. — Moray (Elgin), FI. M. 
Brake of the Wall. Polypodium vulgare, L. — Turn. Lib. 
Brakes, Rock. Allosorus crispus, L. — Treas. Eot. 
Braklemp. ‘ The herb Orpin.’ Wr. See Broklambe. 
Bramble. (1) Usually Rubus fruticosus, L. — Turn. Lib. >S. 17. 
Climb., Dors., Herts., Inverness, Suff., Yks. (Wakefield Gloss.). Cock- 
ayne, iii. 315. Prior, p. 28. 
(2) Occasionally Rosa canina, L. 
‘ The bramble flour that bereth the red hepe.’ 
Chaucer, 1. 13,676. 
Prior, p. 28. 
(3) The fruits of Rubus fruticosus, L., are called Brambles in 
Perthshire ; by Lyte and in the North of England (Hal.) they are 
called Bramble-berries, while the shrub producing them is termed 
a Bramble-bush, by Turner, Lyte, Gerard, &c. 
Bramble, Blue. A book-name for Ruhus ccesius, L., from the blue 
bloom on the fruit. WTth. ed. iv. 
Bramble, or Brumble, Cock. Ruhus f ruticosus, L. — E. Amjl. Eorby; 
Hal. ; Norf. Holl. 
Bramble, Heath. Ruhus ccesius, L. — Lyte. 
Bramble, Horse. Rosa, canina, L. — Norf. Grose. 
Bramble, Mountain. Ruhus Chamcemorus, L. — Treas. Bot. 
Bramble, Stone. A book-name for Ruhus saxatilis, L. — J. Wilson’s 
Synopsis, 1744. 
Brammelkite. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — Dur. 
Brammle, orBrammles. Ruhus fruticosus, L. — Aherdeensli. ; Dumfr. ; 
Yks. (Wakefield) 7 (Holderness, ‘never called blackberry as in the 
south ; plural, brammleses.^ E. D. S. Gloss. C. 7). 
Brancorn. ‘ The smut in wheat,’ probably Ustilago segetum, Tub — ■ 
Cotgrave. Hal. Wr. 
Brandy -bottle. Nuphar lutea. Sin. — Norf. Hal. ; Suss. ; Yks. ^ A 
name usually explained as alluding to the odour of the flower, but 
rather more probably taken from the shape of the seed-vessel.’ — 
Prior, p. 28. But Hal. assigns the name to ‘ the flowers of the yellow 
water-lily.’ 
Brandy Mint. Mentha piperita, L. — Westm. Wilson’s S^mopsis, 
= 1744. 
Brandy-snaps. Stellaria Holostea, L. — E. Suss. 
Brank (or in With. ed. iv. Branks). Polygonum Fagopyrum, L. — 
Hal.; Ess. Eay; E. Anglia, Eorby; Norf. Eay; Suff. Eay; E. D. S. 
