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Braid vs Broided - What's the difference?

braid | broided |

As verbs the difference between braid and broided

is that braid is (obsolete|transitive) to make a sudden movement with, to jerk while broided is (broid).

As a noun braid

is (obsolete) a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.

As an adjective braid

is (obsolete) deceitful.

braid

English

(wikipedia braid)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .

Alternative forms

* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

Verb

  • (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
  • Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  • To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  • (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • :
  • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) deceitful
  • * Shakespeare
  • Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    broided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (broid)

  • broid

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)