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Verbi

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
3. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
5. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.

Substantiivi

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A shelf or board for holding objects.
2. (obsolete, countable) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A board to press curd for cheese.
4. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
5. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing.
6. A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
7. A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
8. (obsolete) A caprice or outburst of passion or anger.
9. (mathematics, topology) Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point.
10. (dialectal) A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
11. (obsolete) A moment, stound.
12. (obsolete) A turn of work, job.
13. (obsolete) A trick; deception.

Adjektiivi

1. (obsolete) Crafty, deceitful.