Sunday, September 4, 2011 braird \BRAIRD\, verb:

Word of the Day for Sunday, September 4, 2011
braird \BRAIRD\, verb:
1. To sprout; appear above the ground.
noun:
1. The first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.
Oats require about a fortnight to braird in ordinary weather.
-- Henry Stephens, The book of the farm
And yet, in puny, distorted, phantasmal shapes albeit,/It will braird again; it will force its way up/Through unexpectable fissures.
-- Hugh MacDiarmid, On a Raised Beach
Braird derives from the Old English brerd, "edge, top."