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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

bratchet

/(brăch"ĕt)/ · bratch·et · IPA
01 n. a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also brach.
  1. 1.
    a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also brach. See: brach, brach
    “The bratchet's bay From the dark covert drove the prey.” — Scott, (Marmion, ii. int.).
    “To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye, my fair-favoured little gossip? .” — Scott, (Kenilworth, II. xxi).