Part 1368

<hw>Break"-up`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; <as>as, a <ex>break-up</ex> of an assembly or dinner party; a <ex>break-up</ex> of the government.</as></def>

<h1>Breakwater</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Break"wa`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.</def>

<h1>Bream</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Bream</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>breme</ets>, <ets>brem</ets>, F. <ets>br\'88me</ets>, OF. <ets>bresme</ets>, of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>brahsema</ets>, <ets>brahsina</ets>, OLG. <ets>bressemo</ets>, G. <ets>brassen</ets>. Cf. <er>Brasse</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus <i>Abramis</i>, little valued as food. Several species are known.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>An American fresh-water fish, of various species of <i>Pomotis</i> and allied genera, which are also called <i>sunfishes</i> and pondfishes. See <er>Pondfish</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A marine sparoid fish of the genus <i>Pagellus</i>, and allied genera. See <er>Sea Bream</er>.</def>

<h1>Bream</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Bream</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Breamed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Breaming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Broom</er>, and G. ein schiff <ets>brennen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.</def>

<h1>Breast</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Breast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brest</ets>, <ets>breost</ets>, As. <ets>bre\'a2st</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>brj<?/st</ets>, Sw. <ets>br\'94st</ets>, Dan. <ets>bryst</ets>, Goth. <ets>brusts</ets>, OS. <ets>briost</ets>, D. <ets>borst</ets>, G. <ets>brust</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; <as>as, the <ex>breast</ex> of a man or of a horse</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mammma; a teat.</def>

<blockquote>My brother, that sucked the <b>breasts</b> of my mother. <i>Cant. viii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; <as>as, a chimney <ex>breast</ex>; a plow <ex>breast</ex>; the <ex>breast</ex> of a hill.</as></def>

<blockquote>Mountains on whose barren <b>breast</b> The laboring clouds do often rest. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The face of a coal working.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The front of a furnace.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.</def>

<blockquote>He has a loyal <b>breast</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>By my troth, the fool has an excellent <b>breast</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Breast drill</col>, <cd>a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work.</cd> -- <col>Breast pang</col>. <cd>See <i>Angina pectoris<i>, under <er>Angina</er>.</cd> -- <col>To make a clean breast</col>, <cd>to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.</cd></cs>

<h1>Breast</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Breast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt><er>Breasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Breasted</er>.]</wordforms> <def> To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; <as>as, to <ex>breast</ex> the storm or waves</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The court <b>breasted</b> the popular current by sustaining the demurrer. <i>Wirt.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To breast up a hedge</col>, <cd>to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.</cd></cs>

<h1>Breastband</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Breast"band`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A band for the breast. Specifically: <fld>(Naut.)</fld> A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.</def>