• BRASH
adj. 1. 1868 US – hard, harsh, rough
adj. 2. 1885 Amer. dial. – eager, lively, forward
adj. 3. 1887 US – active, quick
adj. 4. 1895 Amer. dial. – indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health
adj. 5. 1903 Amer. dial. – easily angered; quick-tempered, sharp-tempered
n. 1. 1830 Sc. & Amer. dial. – a slight attack of sickness often arising from a digestive order such as heartburn; sudden nausea
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a sudden gust, shower, or thunderclap
n. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – an attack
n. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – an effort
n. 5. Bk1911 Sc. – broken bits, fragments, pieces
n. 6. 1921 Amer. dial. – a great or unusual number coming in rapid succession; a rush, a flood
n. 7. 1966 Amer. dial. – audacity, boldness, forwardness
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – to assault, to bruise; to break bones
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to belch acrid liquid into the mouth
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – to rush headlong
• BRASHY
adj. 1. 1895 Sc. & Amer. dial. – indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – noisy; stormy; rugged
adj. 3. 1929 Amer. dial. – brittle
• BRASS
n. 1. 1597 sl. – money; cash; formerly applied specifically to bronze or copper coins
n. 2. 1682 – audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence
n. 3. c1864 sl., orig. US – officers of high rank in the armed services
n. 4. 1934 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ – a prostitute
• THE BRASS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the locomotive bell
• BRASS ANKLE
n. 1930 Amer. dial., often derogatory – a person of racially mixed ancestry (White, Black, and/or Indian) .
• BRASSED OFF
adj. 1941 Brit. sl., orig. services’ sl. – bored, fed-up
• BRASSERIE
n. 1882 – a beer-saloon, usually one in which food is served
• BRASS FARTHING
n. 1642 Brit. sl. – any money; a trivial amount of money
• BRASS-HAT
n. 1893 sl., orig. Brit. – an officer of high rank in the armed services
• BRASSHEAD
n. 1975 Amer. dial. – a mosquito
• BRASSIE
n. 1888 – a wooden golf club shod with brass
• BRASSILY
adv. 1889 – with impudent or brazen confidence
• BRASS IT
vb. 1859 colloq. – to behave with effrontery
• BRASSLE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a rush, start
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to work hurriedly
• BRASS LIP ECHO
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a bugle call
• BRASS LOOIE
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a lieutenant
• BRASS LOOT
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a second lieutenant
• BRASS NAIL
n. 1934 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘tail’ – a prostitute
vb. Bk1902 sl. – to backbite
• BRASS NECK
n. 1984 sl. – audacity, effrontery
• BRASS NOB
n. 1931 sl. – a prostitute
• BRASS POUNDER
n. 1931 sl. – a telegraph operator
• BRASS RAZOO
n. 1919 Aust. & NZ sl. – any money; a trivial amount of money
• BRASS SOMEONE OFF
vb. 1943 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage – to reprimand
• BRASS UP
vb. 1. 1898 sl. – to pay out money
vb. 2. 1924 criminals’ sl. – to share out stolen goods
• BRASS-VISAGED
adj. 1816 – bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced
• BRASSY
n. 1888 – a wooden golf club shod with brass
• BRASTLE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a push; an encounter; a wrestle
• BRAT
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – the glazed skin of porridge
n. 2. 1926 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
n. 3. 1950 Amer. dial. – bratwurst
• BRATCH
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a bitch-hound
• BRATCHART; BRATCHET
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover
• BRATTIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a small apron
• BRATTLE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – of a stream: to flow tumultuously and noisily
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to make a loud rattling or crashing sound
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – to peal as thunder
vb. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – to run quickly; to hurry
• BRATTLEBRAINED
adj. 1969 Amer. dial. – silly; light-headed
• BRATTY
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – ragged
• BRAUGHTUS
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – something extra or given in addition
• BRAUL
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to shake
• BRAUN
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a boar-pig
• BRAUNER
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a gelt pig
• BRAVA
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands
• BRAVASHING
adj. 1652 obs. rare – boasting, swaggering, blustering
• BRAVE AROUND
vb. 1949 Amer. dial. – to swagger
• BRAVELIES
adv. Bk1911 Sc. – very well, finely, prosperously
• BRAVELY
adv. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – very well, satisfactorily, prosperously
adv. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – in good health
• BRAVERIE
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – bravado; show, splendour
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – fine clothes, showy dress
n. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – fine or ornate language
• BRAVISH
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – large; notable
• BRAVITY
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – courage, bravery
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – fine show, display, finery
• BRAVO
n. 1931 Amer. dial. – a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands
• BRAVOORA
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a mad-like degree of irritation or fury in man or beast
• BRAW
adj. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – fine, gaily dressed; handsome
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – pleasant, agreeable
adj. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – stout, able-bodied
adj. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect
• BRAWCHTON
n. Bk1911 Sc. – anything weighty or unwieldy
• BRAWD
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a large, clumsy article
• BRAWL
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to gallop
• BRAWLIES
adv. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – well, finely
adv. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – in good health, fairly well
• BRAWLINS
adv. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – well, finely
adv. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – in good health, fairly well
• BRAWLY
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – grand, splendid
adv. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – in good health
adv. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – well, finely
• BRAWN
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a boar-pig
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – the calf of the leg
• BRAWN-BURDENED
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – having sturdy calves or legs
• BRAWNER
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a gelt boar
• BRAWNIT
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – brindled
• BRAWNY
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – brindled
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a brindled bull, cow, or ox
• BRAWS
n. 1724 Sc. – best clothes; finery; one’s best apparel; wedding clothes
• BRAWSOME
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – comely, handsome; rather ‘braw’
• BRAWTUS
n. 1922 Amer. dial. – something extra or given in addition
• BRAW-WARLD
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – showy, gaudy
• BRAXY
n. Bk1911 Sc. – food of any kind
• BRAY
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a ‘brae,’ a hill
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a squeeze
n. 3. 1965 Amer. dial. – a neigh; the sound that a horse makes; the noise made by a calf that’s taken away from its mother
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – to press, to squeeze
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to shove, to push
• BRAYIE
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – hilly
• BRAZED
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – brazened; hardened to effrontery
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