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brach
(archaic, chiefly hunting) Originally, a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision; later, any female hound; a bitch hound.
📑 Synonyms:
scent hound
💬 Quotations
A sow pigge by chance sucked a Brach, and when she was growne, would miraculously hunt all manner of Deere, and that as well or rather better then any ordinary hound.
(archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman; a bitch.
💬 Quotations
Now, was it not the depth of absurdity—of genuine idiocy, for that pitiful, slavish, mean-minded brach to dream that I could love her?
(paleontology, informal) Brachiopod.