~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.
_Shirrefs._
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.
_Godscroft._
Anc. Goth. and Isl. _brok_; A. S. _braec_, _brec_; Su. G.
_braeckor_; C. B. _bryccan_; Gael. _brigis_; Ir. _broages_; Lat.
_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.