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brairding

brairding is the present participle and gerund of braird.

Meaning of braird

Verb

braird (third-person singular simple present brairds, present participle brairding, simple past and past participle brairded)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) Of grass or crops: to show their first shoots above ground.
    • Turnips—A very middling crop all over; brairded well, but too dry; […]1912, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 325

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Questions about brairding

What is brairding the present participle and gerund of?
Brairding is the present participle and gerund of braird.

Words near brairding in the dictionary

  1. brainworms
  2. brainwriting
  3. brainy
  4. braird
  5. brairded
  6. brairding
  7. brairds
  8. braireau
  9. brairo
  10. braise
  11. braised

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