01 n. a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also brach.
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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).