braird

braird
/braird/, Chiefly Scot. n.
1. the first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.
v.i.
2. (of a crop or a seed) to sprout; appear above the ground.
[1400-50; late ME breird, var. of brerd a sprout, to sprout, OE brerd edge, top; akin to BRAD]

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