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_bracca_, id. From this dress, the Romans gave the name of _Gallia Braccata_ to one part of Gaul.

BREELLS, _s. pl._ Spectacles in general; but more strictly double-jointed spectacles, Clydes.

Germ. _brill_, Su. G. _briller_, id. oculi vitrei, L. B. _berill-us_.

BREER, BRERE, BRAIRD, BREARD, _s._ The first appearance of grain above ground, after it is sown, S.

_A fine breer_, an abundant germination.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _brord_, frumenti spicae, ”corn new come up, or the spires of corn,” Somner. ”_Bruart_, the blades of corn just sprung up;” Gl.

Lancash.

_To_ ~Breer~, ~Brere~, ~Breard~, _v. n._ To germinate, to shoot forth from the earth; applied especially to grain, S. _Brerde_, part. pa.

Loth, _brairded_.

_Douglas._

~Breirding~, _s._ Germination; used metaph. in relation to divine truth.

_Rutherford._

BREESSIL, _s._ The act of coming on in a hurry, Fife.

A. S. _brastl_, crepitus, strepitus, _brastl-ian_, crepitare, strepere. Isl. _brys_, ardens calor; _bryss-a_, fervide aggredi.

BREGER, _s._ One given to broils and bloodshed.

_Burel._

Fr. _briguer_, a quarrelsome, contentious, or litigious person.

The origin is most probably Su. G. _brigd-a_, litigare.

BREHON, _s._ The name given to hereditary judges appointed by authority to determine, on stated times, all the controversies which happened within their respective districts. By the _Brehon_ law, even the most atrocious offenders were not punished with death, imprisonment, or exile; but were obliged to pay a fine called _Eric_.

_Dr. Macpherson._

Ir. _breathav_, _breitheav_, still signifies a judge. Bullet supposes that _Breth_ has been used in this sense by the ancient Gauls; whence _Vergobret_, the name of the supreme magistrate among them. Ir.

_Fear go fraith_ literally signifies the man who judges.

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