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_Breste_, to burst. Chaucer.

BRETH, _s._ Apparently, rage, wrath.

_Houlate._

Su. G. Isl. _braede_, praeceps ira, furor. This is probably allied to _braad-a_, accelerare.

BRETHIR, BRETHER, _s. pl._ Brethren.

_Wyntown._

Isl. and Sw. _broeder_, brethren.

BRETS, _s. pl._ The name given to the Welch or ancient _Britons_, in general; also, to those of Strat-clyde, as distinguished from the Scots and Picts.

_Lord Hailes_.

Wyntown uses _Brettys_ as the pl.

A. S. _Brettas_, Britones; _Bryt_, Brito, Britannus.

BRETTYS, _s._ A fortification.

_Wyntown._

L. B. _breteschia_, _briteschia_. It properly denotes wooden towers or castles: _Bretachiae_, castella lignea, quibus castra et oppida muniebantur, Gallis _Bretesque_, _breteches_; Du Cange. Perhaps radically allied to Su. G, _bryt-a_, to contend, to make war.

_To_ BREVE, _v. a._ To write.

V. ~Breif~.

BREW, _s._ Broth, soup.

V. ~Bree~.

BREW-CREESH, _s._ A term expressive of a duty paid to a landholder or superior, which occurs in old law-deeds. It is still used, Aberd.

Sometimes it is called _Brew-tallow_.

BRIBOUR, BRYBOUR, _s._ A low beggarly fellow.

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