broudt, browdt

t. [ME. brouden, browden, etc., also broiden, proiden, etc., variants of braiden, etc., braid: see braid1, and cf. broid, broider.] 1. To braid. Hire yolwe heer was browded [var. broyded, breided] in a tre e, Byhynde hire bak, a yerde long I ge e. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 191. Whit was hire smok, and browdid al byfore And eek behind on hire coler aboute Of cole-blak silk. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, L. 52. ate: as, brotherly The former of these words expre es the more affection; the latter is often more formal or official. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love. Rom. xii. 10. Who, not content With fair equality, fraternal state, Will arrogate dominion undeserved Over his brethren. Milton , P. L., xii. 26. IMG:content-2603.png:[blocks in formation] His berde was brothy and blake, that tille his brest rechede. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1090, [Appar.