A Scottish word for the first shoots or sprouts of grain or grass; the early growth after seeds have been sown.
From Scots and Middle English 'brerd,' possibly related to 'braid' (to spread). This agricultural term was essential vocabulary in farming communities and survives mainly in Scottish usage.
Old farming words like 'breird' reveal how different languages had specific technical terms for each stage of agriculture—your ancestors probably knew 20 words for grain conditions that we'd just call 'crops'!
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