braxyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbraksi/, U.S.

/ˈbræksi/, Scottish English

/ˈbraksɪ/

Forms: see below.

Etymology: Etymology and even form uncertain: Jamieson has the forms braik (singular), bracks (plural), braxes (plural), and braxit , as well as braxy . Either the latter is originally an adjective brax-y , formed from a collective plural bracks , brax (compare peasy , poxy ), or it is an erroneous singular deduced < braxes , as if this were braxie-s . Probably ‘the bracks ’ is the original, being a special use of the plural of brack n.¹ in some sense derived < break v. Compare Old English bræc rheum, catarrh, also bræc-cóðu and bræc-séocnes falling sickness, bræc-séoc ill with falling sickness. As examples of the ways in which names of diseases are treated, we may compare pox for pocks, axis, axes, axys (often as plural) for access, jaundys plural for jaundice.

Scottish.

1. The popular name in Scotland of splenic apoplexy in sheep; an inflammatory disease of the internal parts, rapid and fatal in its effect.

ΚΠ

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 8 [Lethnot, Forf.] A disease which is here called the Braxes.

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 242 [Barry, Forf.] Among the shepherds it is called the Bracks.

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 440 [Selkirk] The braxy as some call it.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 326 The sheep that died of the braxy in the latter end of autumn.

1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 58 The sickness or braxy has been very fatal in many parts of this country.

2. as adj. Characterized by this disease, as braxy-sheep, braxy mutton; also absol. the flesh of a braxy sheep, or, generally, of one that has died by disease or accident.

ΚΠ

1786 R. Burns Poems 213 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies.

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) ix. 165 Two tall pyramids of braxy mutton heaped up each on a corn-riddle.

1863 N. Macleod in Good Words 503 The occasional dinner luxury of Braxy,—a species of mutton which need not be too minutely inquired into.

1880 Cornhill Mag. June 691 Braxy is the flesh of sheep which have died a natural death, by flood, drift, or disease.

Derivatives

braxied adj.

ΚΠ

1870 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber (1883) xix. 112 A tender lamb or braxied sheep.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	braxy
释义	braxyn.adj. Brit. /ˈbraksi/, U.S. /ˈbræksi/, Scottish English /ˈbraksɪ/ Forms: see below. Etymology: Etymology and even form uncertain: Jamieson has the forms braik (singular), bracks (plural), braxes (plural), and braxit , as well as braxy . Either the latter is originally an adjective brax-y , formed from a collective plural bracks , brax (compare peasy , poxy ), or it is an erroneous singular deduced < braxes , as if this were braxie-s . Probably ‘the bracks ’ is the original, being a special use of the plural of brack n.¹ in some sense derived < break v. Compare Old English bræc rheum, catarrh, also bræc-cóðu and bræc-séocnes falling sickness, bræc-séoc ill with falling sickness. As examples of the ways in which names of diseases are treated, we may compare pox for pocks, axis, axes, axys (often as plural) for access, jaundys plural for jaundice. Scottish. 1. The popular name in Scotland of splenic apoplexy in sheep; an inflammatory disease of the internal parts, rapid and fatal in its effect. ΚΠ 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 8 [Lethnot, Forf.] A disease which is here called the Braxes. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 242 [Barry, Forf.] Among the shepherds it is called the Bracks. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 440 [Selkirk] The braxy as some call it. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 326 The sheep that died of the braxy in the latter end of autumn. 1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 58 The sickness or braxy has been very fatal in many parts of this country. 2. as adj. Characterized by this disease, as braxy-sheep, braxy mutton; also absol. the flesh of a braxy sheep, or, generally, of one that has died by disease or accident. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Poems 213 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) ix. 165 Two tall pyramids of braxy mutton heaped up each on a corn-riddle. 1863 N. Macleod in Good Words 503 The occasional dinner luxury of Braxy,—a species of mutton which need not be too minutely inquired into. 1880 Cornhill Mag. June 691 Braxy is the flesh of sheep which have died a natural death, by flood, drift, or disease. Derivatives braxied adj. ΚΠ 1870 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber (1883) xix. 112 A tender lamb or braxied sheep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1786
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