[App. a dial. corruption of BRAY v.2, by confusing brayed, braid, braided. Given by Forby and Halliwell as East Anglian. Not in Bailey, nor Johnson; taken app. from Halliwell into Webster and other recent Dicts.] trans. To intermix; ‘to mingle by rubbing in some fluid or soft substance.’

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1853.  Hints Yng. Housewives, 31. The plain old-fashioned starch … is braided up with cold water. Ibid., 118. Braid a teaspoonful of flour with a little of the cream.

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