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▪ I. broo Sc.
[In 15th c. brō; whence regularly in mod.Sc. pronunciation, (brøː), |bryː|. Of uncertain origin: perhaps a. OF. bro, breu, broth (whence dim. brouez, brouet). Often identified with bree; but if this were correct, broo not bree would be the original, since do, boots, shoon, become in the north-east of Scotl. dee, beets, sheen, not the converse. It is hardly possible to connect the 15th c. broo with mod.G. brühe or Flem. brui, bruw.]
Broth; liquor; juice, water; = bree n.2 2, 3.
c1440York Myst. xix. 135, I schall gar the leppe, And dere aby this bro. a1711Sir Gray Steel (1826) 2221 Good beef and mutton to be broo. 1725Ramsay Gent. Sheph. i. ii, Ae wean fa's sick, and scads itself wi' brue [v.r. broe, rime-wd. shoe]. 1786Burns Brigs of Ayr 162 A' ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo. a1800in Leyden Lord Soulis Notes (Exclamation attrib. to Jas. I) ‘Sorrow gin the sheriff were sodden and supped in broo!’
▪ II. broo
Sc. form of brow. |