a. Sc. Also broakit, brockit. [Cf. Da. broget variegated, speckled, chequered, Sw. brokt, also brokig variegated.] ‘Variegated, having a mixture of black and white’ (Jamieson).
1793. Statist. Acc. Scot., VI. 285 (Jam.). The greatest part of them [sheep] … having black or brocked faces.
17[?]. Gl. Surv. Nairn (Jam.). The phrase, brocked oats, denotes the black and white growing promiscuously.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xxxix. If Gowans, the brockit cow, has a quey.
