Abraid vs Braid - What's the difference?
abraid | braid |
*, IV.6:
*:But when as I did out of sleepe abray , / I found her not where I her left whyleare.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XIII, l:
*:But from his study he at last abray'd , / Call'd by the hermit old
(obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
(archaic) To start into motion.
To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
* Milton
To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
(obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
(obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
*, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
*:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
:(Sackville)
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
A fancy; freak; caprice.
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(obsolete) deceitful
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between abraid and braid
is that abraid is while braid is (obsolete|transitive) to make a sudden movement with, to jerk.As an adverb abraid
is .As a noun braid is
(obsolete) a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.As an adjective braid is
(obsolete) deceitful.abraid
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) abraiden, .Alternative forms
* abrayVerb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) abrede. More at .References
* The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition ----braid
English
(wikipedia braid)Etymology 1
From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .Alternative forms
* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)Verb
- Braid your locks with rosy twine.
- (Shakespeare)
Noun
(en noun)External links
* * * (commonslite)Etymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.