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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brach \brach\, brache \brache\(br[a^]k or br[a^]ch), n. [OE.
brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache,
F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; related to Sw. brack
a dog that hunts by scent; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr.
L. fragrare to smell.]
A bitch of the hound kind. See also {bratchet}. --Shak. [Also
spelled {bratch} when pronounced (br[a^]ch).]
[1913 Webster + Century Dict. 1906]
A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was
grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer.
--Burton
(Anatomy of
Melancholy).
[Century Dict. 1906]