See brae on Wiktionary
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"word": "brae-heid"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "braes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "braes",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "brae (plural braes)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "brae (plural braes)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a hillside, hill"
],
"links": [
[
"hillside",
"hillside"
],
[
"hill",
"hill"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a slope or bank"
],
"links": [
[
"slope",
"slope"
],
[
"bank",
"bank"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbreɪ/"
}
],
"word": "brae"
}
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