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Meanings of brae in English

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Usage of brae in English
1
You'll get down the brae soon, maybe, and then you winna weary.
Janet's Love and Service
2
He clapped spurs to his horse, and away he went down the brae.
The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
3
No, dear, I bade them bide till I went down the brae again.
Janet's Love and Service
4
And my wife, who cherished her sweet infancy, is now within yon brae.
The Scottish Chiefs
5
Is it the real gowan, 'that glints on bank and brae'?
Janet's Love and Service
6
Poor Mary lies on Shupanga brae, 'and beeks fornent the sun.'
The Personal Life of David Livingstone / Chiefly from his Unpubl...
7
Far and wide, over hill, bank, and brae, are spread the flying School!
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
8
The farm stood at the foot of a low brae.
On the Heels of De Wet
9
I was over at his heels, and the pair of us scoured down the brae.
John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars...
10
It will be very warrm coming up the brae.
Mr. Standfast
11
He bides wi' his old mother in that cottage at the foot o' the brae.
A Dominie in Doubt
12
They sat together on the brae in the sun, and her hand remained in his keeping.
Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
13
Farther off Wat had his axe in hand and was driving the enemy to the brae.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
14
I scrambled down the soft green brae, and soon stood within the door of the cottage.
The Portent and Other Stories
15
See, they are coming down the brae together.
Janet's Love and Service
16
Jean cried out from the top of the brae, Whatever can be the matter with you?
The Scotch Twins
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