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A raid. [Obs.]

An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Braided [Obs.] Spenser.

A braid. [R.] Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson.

To braid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Braided; broidered. [Obs.] Alle his clothes brouded up and down. Chaucer.

athe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.

-- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, a…

e of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes. How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. Shak. I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle.

To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.

A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.

In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.

ere the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch Milton. Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot.

To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. Cascoigne.

ve adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law Bacause they durst not, because they could not. Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love w…

To answer in Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.

To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.