Part 111 (1/2)

~In Bredis~.

V. ~Abreid~.

_Houlate._

_In brede_, as used by Chaucer, is rendered _abroad_.

BREE, BRIE, S. B. BREW, BROO, S. _s._

1. Broth, soup.

_Ross._

”_Bree_, broth without meal,” Gl. Yorks.

2. Juice, sauce, S.

”_Breau_ is supping meat, or gravy and fat for brewis,” Gl. Yorks.

3. Water; moisture of any kind, S.

_Burns._

Thus _snaw-brue_ is melted snow; _herring-bree_, the brine of a herring-barrel, S.

A. S. _briw_, Germ. _brue_, _bruhe_, id. liquor; q. decoctum, according to Wachter, from _brau-en_, to boil; Isl. _brugg_, calida coctio, from _brugg-a_, coquere.

BREE, _s._ Hurry, bustle.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

Su. G. _bry_, turbare, vexare.

BREE, _s._ The eye-brow.

V. ~Bre~.

_To_ BREED _of_, to resemble.

V. ~Brade~.

BREEK, BREIK, _s._ One leg of a pair of breeches, S. pl. _breeks_, _breiks_, breeches.

_G.o.dscroft._

Anc. Goth. and Isl. _brok_; A. S. _braec_, _brec_; Su. G.

_braeckor_; C. B. _bryccan_; Gael. _brigis_; Ir. _broages_; Lat.