practicing
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The word, probably a corruption of bratticing, was apparently first used by Sir Walter Scott.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Bratt′ice-cloth, strong tarred cloth used in mines in place of wooden bratticing.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various