BRACHS

Noun

brachs

plural of brach

Source: Wiktionary


BRACH

Brach, n. Etym: [OE. brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache, braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to smell.]

Definition: A bitch of the hound kind. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SOLICITOUSLY

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