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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bratchet \bratch"et\, (br[a^]ch"[e^]t), n. [Sc. also bratchart;
fr. ME. brachet, fr. OF. brachet; ML. brachetus, dim. of
brache a hound. See {brach}.]
a kind of hound; a {brach}; -- applied contemptuously to a
child. See also {brach}. [Also spelled {brachet}.]
[Century Dict. 1906]
The bratchet's bay
From the dark covert drove the prey. --Scott,
(Marmion, ii.
int.).
[Century Dict. 1906]
To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye,
my fair-favoured little gossip? . --Scott,
(Kenilworth,
II. xxi).
[Century Dict. 1906]