GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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Found 2 definitions

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   brachet, (brăch), n. same as bratchet.
   
   [Century Dict. 1906]
   
   
         
       

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   bratchet, (brăchˈĕt), n. [Sc. also bratchart; fr. ME. brachet, fr. OF.  brachet; ML. brachetus, dim. of brache a hound. See brach.] a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child.  See also brach. [Also spelled brachet.]
   
   [Century Dict. 1906]
   
   The bratchet's bay
   
   From the dark covert drove the prey. Scott, (Marmion, ii. int.).
   
   [Century Dict. 1906]
   
   To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye, my fair-favoured little gossip? . Scott, (Kenilworth, II. xxi).
   
   [Century Dict. 1906]