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Brae vs Bree - What's the difference?

brae | bree |

As a noun brae

is (scotland) the sloping bank of a river-valley; any slope or hillside.

As a verb bree is

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brae

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) The sloping bank of a river-valley; any slope or hillside.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
    • Was it not Wat the Devil, who drove all the year-old hogs off the braes of Lanthorn-side, in the very recent days of my grandfather's father?
  • *1881 , Gerard Manley Hopkins, ''
  • *:Degged with dew, dappled with dew
  • *:Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through
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    bree

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , (etyl) Braue. Apparently not related to (brow).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The eyelid.
  • (obsolete) The eyebrow.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Broth.

    • Anagrams

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