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brocked, a. Sc.
Also broakit, brockit.
[Cf. Da. broget variegated, speckled, chequered, Sw. brokt, also brokig variegated.]
‘Variegated, having a mixture of black and white’ (Jamieson).
1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VI. 285 (Jam.) The greatest part of them [sheep]..having black or brocked faces. 17..Gl. Surv. Nairn (Jam.), The phrase, brocked oats, denotes the black and white growing promiscuously. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, If Gowans, the brockit cow, has a quey. |