and exhale air h; to rest;ngs; to inject
to exercise: send out as air or vent to. athes or lives. teath; full of
tate of being
reak, Germ.)
its agglumi-
posed of an-
breed.
inder part of
of ordnance
reeches.
e, brok, the
ient, part of
1 by males,
To wear
he authority
of a horse's nd by means ick the carsupport its d; whipping
pes by which the side of a he ordnance. part. bred, generate; to sion or cause to plot; to up; to take œtus;-v. n.
be produced;
BREAK at a time; a
BREAKER who breeds
BREAKFAST s
of the dar
at the first mal
BREAKING,
Breaking
placing
in such mate
fall verdi
BREAKING-IN
young base; it
BREEZELESS, breez'les, a. Calm; wanting a breeze.
BREEZY, breez'e, a. Fanned with gentle gales.
BREHON LAWs, bre'hon laws, s. The ancient laws
of the Irish, so termed from an Irish word signi-
fying judges.
BREISLAKITE, bre-is'la-kite, s. A mineral found
in the lavas of Vesuvius, and at Capo di Bove,
near Rome. It occurs in delicate capillary crys-
tals of a reddish or chestnut-brown colour and
semi-metallic lustre.
BREME, breme, a. (bremman, to rage, Sax.) Cruel;
sharp; severe.-Obsolete.
Comes the breme winter with chamfred brows,
Full of wrinkles and frosty furrows.-Spenser.
BREN, bren, v. a. (brennan, Goth. brenning, a burn-
ing, Sax.) To burn.-Obsolete.
BRENNAGE, bren'naje, s. (brenagium, low Lat.) A
payment in bran, which the tenants, in the middle
ages, made to feed the hounds of the landlord.
BRENT, brent, a. (bren, the top of a hill, Goth.)
High; steep.
BRENTIDES, bren-ti'des, s. A name given by Lat-
reille to a family of singularly-shaped Coleopterous
insects, belonging to the section Rhynchophora
(long snouted). The genus Brentus has even-
jointed antennæ, the body linear, with a long
horizontally projecting proboscis; colour brown
or black, with red spots and markings-natives
of Java.
BRENTUS.-See Brentides.
BREONIA, bre'o-ne-a, s. A genus of plants: Order,
Rubiaceæ.
BRESSUMMER, bres'sum-mur,
BREAST-SUMMER, brest'sum-mur, placed hori-
28. A beam
zontally to support an upper wall or partition;
the lower beam of a church gallery, and that over
a shop window, are bressummers: also spelled
brestsummer.
BRET, bret, s. The name given to the common
turbot on some parts on the English coast.
BRETFUL, bret'ful, a. Brimful.
BRETHREN, brethren, s. (brothrahans, Goth.) O
of the forms of the plural of brother. Brothe
is generally applied to the male members of
family-brethren, to members of the same pro
fession or persuasion. It is used in both senses
in the Bible.
BRETTESSE, bret-tes', s. In Heraldry, a line em-
battled on both sides.
BRETTICES, bret'te-sis, s.
miners to the wooden planks used in supporting
the roof in coal mines.
a subdivi- BREVE, breve, s. (brevis, short, Lat.) A note in mu-
sic, equal to four minims; an official writing; a
letter of state. In Common Law, a writ or brief.
In Civil Law, a short note or minute.
BREVET, bre-vet', s. (brevetum, low Lat. from brevis,
short, Lat.) Anciently, a brief note, a breviate,
short writing, short declaration, ticket or bill off
one's hand-now, a warrant without
ing an appended title in the arm
rank above the specific appointme
pay is received; as, a lieutenant-
made colonel by brevet, enjoys the
the former, but the honour and priv
BREVIARY, breve 'ya-re, s. (breviare,
abridgment; an epitome; a compen
book containing the daily service of the
Rome, as contradistinguished from the
A gentle
rm for small
coal, for the