Definition of "abraid" []

• To upbraid. (verb)
• Alternative form of abread. (adverb)

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• "I believe the clay coated board is so that you can incise or abraid through the clay to expose a white surface for fine detail, like scratchboard or sgraffito."
• "And when he espied that squire, therewith he abraid and brake himself loose, and took his sword in his hand, and ran to have slain the squire."
• "Beaumains heard her say so, he abraid up with a great might and gat him upon his feet, and lightly he leapt to his sword and gripped it in his hand, and doubled his pace unto the Red Knight, and there they fought a new battle together."