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brae
[ brey, bree; Scots brey, bree ]
noun
- a slope; declivity; hillside.
brae
/ breɪ; bre /
noun
- a hill or hillside; slope
- plural an upland area
the Gleniffer Braes
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Origin of brae1
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Example Sentences
The latter is almost a sufficient explanation; but if we must be particular, Mr. Brae has yet more to tell us.
Mr. Brae, in the Appendix to his edition of Chaucer's Astrolabe (p. 101), has a long note on the present passage.
Mr Maxwell had seen Mr Fleming stepping up the brae, and he knew well that no words of his could comfort him.
I heard the bell gang for men three tows a' rinnin', an' I see a lot o' men comin' up the brae.
Andrew lighted the boy's lamp and tore up the brae, leaving Robert shrieking in nervous fright.
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