Part 1367

<blockquote>Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a <b>breakdown</b> to wind up with. <i>New Eng. Tales.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breaker</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, breaks.</def>

<blockquote>I'll be no <b>breaker</b> of the law. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small water cask.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>breakers</b> were right beneath her bows. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breakfast</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"fast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Break</ets> + <ets>fast</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.</def>

<blockquote>A sorry <b>breakfast</b> for my lord protector. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A meal after fasting, or food in general.</def>

<blockquote>The wolves will get a <b>breakfast</b> by my death. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breakfast</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"fast</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>breakfasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Breakfasting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.</def>

<blockquote>First, sir, I read, and then I <b>breakfast</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breakfast</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"fast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To furnish with breakfast.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Breakman</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Brakeman</er>.</def>

<h1>Breakneck</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"neck`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fall that breaks the neck.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A steep place endangering the neck.</def>

<h1>Breakneck</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"neck`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing danger of a broken neck; <as>as, <ex>breakneck</ex> speed</as>.</def>

<h1>Break-up</h1> <Xpage=178>