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† ˈbodrag(e Obs.
Also bodrak(e, bordrag(e.
[prob. a corruption of some Ir. word: cf. buaidhreadh molestation, disturbance (O'Reilly), buadre, tumult (Stokes).]
A hostile incursion, a raid. Hence, in same sense, bo(r)draging.
1537St. Papers Hen. VIII, II. 480 The castelles be not for our defence agaynst ther stelthe and bodrakes. 1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. II. 172/2 Nothing liking the outrages, bodrages, and villanies dailie practised by Barrie, Condon, and others. 1595Spenser Col. Clout 315 No nightly bodrags, nor no hue and cries. 1596― F.Q. ii. x. 63 Yet oft annoyd with sondry bordragings. |