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Breeze (&?;), n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.] 1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.

2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.

Breeze, v. i. To blow gently. [R.] J. Barlow.

To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.

Breeze"less, a. Motionless; destitute of breezes.

A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.

Breez"i*ness (&?;), n. State of being breezy.

Breez"y (&?;), a. 1. Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. "A breezy day in May." Coleridge.

'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned. Wordsworth.

2. Fresh; brisk; full of life. [Colloq.]

||Breg"ma (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; the front part of the head: cf. F. bregma.] (Anat.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Breg*mat"ic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bregma.

Bre"hon (&?;), n. [Ir. breitheamh judge.] An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.

Brehon laws, the ancient Irish laws, -- unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III.

Breme (brm), a. [OE. breme, brime, fierce, impetuous, glorious, AS. brme, brme, famous. Cf. Brim, a.] 1. Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.] Spenser.

From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air. Drayton.

2. Famous; renowned; well known. Wright.

{ Bren (&?;), Bren"ne (&?;), } v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Brent (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brenning.] [See Burn.] To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne.

Bren, n. Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bren"nage (&?;), n. [OF. brenage; cf. LL. brennagium, brenagium. See Bran.] (Old Eng. Law) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

Bren"ning*ly, adv. Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]

{ Brent (&?;), Brant } (&?;), a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.] 1. Steep; high. [Obs.]

Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.

2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]

Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.

Brent, imp. & p. p. of Bren. Burnt. [Obs.]

Brent, n. [Cf. Brant.] A brant. See Brant.