braird

American  

[braird] / brɛərd /

noun

1. the first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.

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verb (used without object)

1. (of a crop or a seed) to sprout; appear above the ground.

Etymology

Origin of braird

1400–50; late Middle English breird, variant of brerd a sprout, to sprout, Old English brerd edge, top; akin to brad

Example Sentences

Now, youth 's the spring-time o' your life, When seed is sown wi' care and toil, And hopes are high, and fears are rife, Lest weeds should rise the braird to spoil.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

The standing bush keeps frost off the braird, which could not look better.

From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Sellar, Gordon

But here there are no larks—a little further down and you will hear one ascending or descending over almost every field of grass or of the tender braird.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

"Ye're a fine sword," quo' the fool to the wheat braird.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

In the heart of the city the grass was growing in all the soft green transparency of spring, and a few fields of corn were marked out and showed the tender braird above the soil.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh