Part 1362

<hw>Breach</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Breached</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt> ; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Breaching</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a breach or opening in; <as>as, to <ex>breach</ex> the walls of a city</as>.</def>

<h1>Breach</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breach</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.</def>

<h1>Breachy</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breach"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; <as>as, <ex>breachy</ex> cattle</as>.</def>

<h1>Bread</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>br\'91dan</ets> to make broad, to spread. See <er>Broad</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To spread.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Bread</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bre\'a0d</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>br\'bed</ets>, OS. <ets>br<?/d</ets>, D. <ets>brood</ets>, G. <ets>brod</ets>, <ets>brot</ets>, Icel. <ets>brau<?/</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>br\'94d</ets>. The root is probably that of E. <ets>brew</ets>. <?/ See <er>Brew</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.</def>

<note>&hand; <col>Raised bread</col> is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. -- <col>Cream of tartar bread</col> is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. -- <col>Unleavened bread</col> is usually mixed with water and salt only.</note>

<cs><col>A\'89rated bread</col>. <cd>See under <er>A\'89rated</er></cd>. <col>Bread and butter</col> <mark>(fig.)<mark>, <cd>means of living.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Brown bread</col>, <col>Indian bread</col>, <col>Graham bread</col>, <col>Rye and Indian bread</col></mcol>. <cd>See <cref>Brown bread</cref>, under <er>Brown</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bread tree</col>. <cd>See <er>Breadfruit</er>.</cd></cs>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.</def>

<blockquote>Give us this day our daily <b>bread</b>. <i>Matt. vi. 11</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bread</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; <as>as, <ex>breaded</ex> cutlets</as>.</def>

<h1>Breadbasket</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"bas`ket</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The stomach.</def> <mark>[Humorous]</mark>

<i>S. Foote.</i>

<h1>Breadcorn</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"corn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.</def>

<h1>Breaded</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Braided</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Breaden</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of bread.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Breadfruit</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bread"fruit`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fruit of a tree (<spn>Artocarpus incisa</spn>) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.</def>