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braw (brô)

adj. braw·er, braw·est Scots

1. Fine; splendid.

2. Dressed in a fine or showy manner.

[Scots, variant of brave.]

braw [brɔː brɑː] Chiefly Scot

adj

fine or excellent, esp in appearance or dress

pl n

best clothes

[Scottish variant of brave]

brawly adv

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Adj.

braw - brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"

brave, gay

colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

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brave Gay			Belyve,* the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun'; Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin A cannie* errand to a neebor town: Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown, In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her e'e Comes hame, perhaps, to show a braw new gown, Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee,**** To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context "Eh, Maister Bishopriggs," cried the girl, "here's a braw young leddy speerin' for ye by yer ain name at the door. Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context France is a braw place, nae doubt; but I weary for the heather and the deer. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			brattishing brattle Brattleboro bratty bratwurst Braun Braun's holly fern braunite Braunschweig Braunschweiger brava Bravade bravado Bravais lattice brave brave new world brave out bravely braveness bravery Braving Bravingly bravissimo Bravo bravura braw brawl Brawler brawling Brawlingly brawly brawn Brawned Brawner Brawniness brawny Braxton Bragg Braxton Hicks contractions Braxton-Hicks contraction braxy bray brayer Braying Braz. braze brazen Brazen age brazen out Brazen sea Brazen-browed brazen-faced			Bravest of the Brave Bravest of the Brave Bravia BRAVIA Sync Bravin, Nikolai Bravin, Nikolai Mikhailovich braving braving braving Bravingly bravissimo bravo bravo bravo bravo Bravo Beach Hotel Bravo Fleet Bravo Zulu bravoed bravoed bravoes bravoes bravoing bravoing bravoite bravos bravos bravura bravura bravura braw BRAWA BRAWC brawer brawest brawl brawl brawl brawl Brawl in the Family brawled brawled brawled brawler brawler brawler brawlers brawlers brawlers Brawley Brawley Seismic Zone Brawley Union High School brawlier brawliest brawling brawling brawling brawlingly brawlingly brawlingly brawls

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