1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 35 Baith wi' a brainge, Sprang, hap and sten, out o'er a nettle.

1816 A. Boswell Woo-creel 9 And whan Dan's thoughts ran far awa, Doun wi' a brainge cam creel and a'.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 30 Ye'll wi a braindge Jerk aff the Mune.

1912 S. R. Crockett Patsy (1913) xxiv. 181 They are on the top in a box by themselves, packed in sawdust, but do not be throwing them down wi' a brainge to get at your letters.

1928 Scots Mag. May 142 And Jeemsie wis growin' fair seek o't and ettlin' to mak' a breenge for his caur.

1935 in Sc. National Dict. at Breenge The beast lat a brainge forrit.

1990 J. Byrne Your Cheatin' Heart iv. 114/1 She makes a breenge for the radio, but Boyle grabs a hold of her.

?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 124 Whiles he will so brainge, that he will lay the door on the floor.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an' flisket.

1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I. ix. 111 Mind now that my mother's but light-sleepit, sae walk softly, and dinna come brainging at the front gate, but slide cannily in by the kale-yard slap.

1872 K. M'Lachlan Beauties Sc. 164 A rantin' billie, through the stour, Jamp up bauk height, and wi' a crack Cam' down, and through the broken floor Brainged in the byre on crumbie's back.

1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie 179 Ye should breenge up to the coonter, and cry ‘Gloves!’ as hard as Duffy cries ‘Coals!’ then sit doon withoot askin' on a chair.

1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 106 Whoa, Sally! what are ye braingin' at? Ye'll ha'e that guid graith a' shaken to bits.

1996 E. Morgan in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 159 Michelangelo has breenged forward like a bull—Finesse is not his forte—stubbed his blunt head On the unyielding egg, broken his neck.

2002 H. Ritchie Friday Night Club (2003) iii. iv. 255 The next thing Alastair knows, the editor has breenged past his desk, dislodging sheaves of layouts in the process.

1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah intil Scottis xl. 23 Wha breinges the big folk till nought.

1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 142 They breeng'd him wi' bauchels, they chased him wi' cheers.

1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 49 An' the lees that he tells are a waefu' disgrace, But naebody yet breenged a door in his face.

a1843 J. Stirrat Coll. of Poems & Songs (1869) 100 Tho' nature ties me to the sex, Nae breendging queen shall e'er me vex.

1906 J. Medwin Crummleyknowe 264 Andrew was breengin and dour, too, in his way.

1995 S. Blackhall Lament for Raj 21 Noo, breengin bawds rin gyte Lythe lammies lowp; plash! puddocks plowp.