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n incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Burrill. Ersk…

ty; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.] Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. Sir W. Scott.

A thicket; a small wood. "Through bosk and dell." Sir W. Scott.

Same as Bothy. [Scot.]

rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth. [Scot.]

Bulk; volume. [Scot.]

A curved handle. Sir W. Scott.

To make or get ready. Sir W. Scott.

ut forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.

straightness. Milton. The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. Prescott.

. . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott.

e ready; to prepare; to dress. [Obs.] We will all bowne ourselves for the banquet. Sir W. Scott.

age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. Sir W. Scott.

m their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott.

A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott.

A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill. [Scot.] Burns.

ther different strands. A braid of hair composed of two different colors twined together. Scott.

The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. " My brain is too dull." Sir W. Scott.

empest and from rain. Shak. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. Sir W. Scott. Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.

; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. "Branches of knowledge." Prescott. It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. Shak.