Part 1377

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.</def>

<blockquote>Are these the <b>breed</b> of wits so wondered at? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This courtesy is not of the right <b>breed</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A number produced at once; a brood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; <i>Breed</i> is usually applied to domestic animals; <i>species</i> or <i>variety</i> to wild animals and to plants; and <i>race</i> to men.</note>

<h1>Breedbate</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breed"bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who breeds or originates quarrels.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "No telltale nor no <i>breedbate</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Breeder</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breed"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.</def>

<blockquote>She was a great <b>breeder</b>. <i>Dr. A. Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Italy and Rome have been the best <b>breeders</b> of worthy men. <i>Ascham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cause.</def> "The <i>breeder</i> of my sorrow."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Breeding</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breed"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of generating or bearing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; <as>as, farmers should pay attention to <ex>breeding</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Nurture; education; formation of manners.</def>

<blockquote>She had her <b>breeding</b> at my father's charge. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.</def>

<blockquote>Delicacy of <b>breeding</b>, or that polite deference and respect which civility obliges us either to express or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we converse. <i>Hume.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Descent; pedigree; extraction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Honest gentlemen, I know not your <b>breeding</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Close breeding</col>, <col>In and in breeding</col></mcol>, <cd>breeding from a male and female from the same parentage.</cd> -- <col>Cross breeding</col>, <cd>breeding from a male and female of different lineage.</cd> -- <col>Good breeding</col>, <cd>politeness; genteel deportment.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See <er>Education</er>.</syn>

<mhw><h1>Breeze, Breeze fly</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breeze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Breeze" fly`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brese</ets>, AS. <ets>bri\'a2sa</ets>; perh. akin to OHG. <ets>brimissa</ets>, G. <ets>breme</ets>, <ets>bremse</ets>, D. <ets>brems</ets>, which are akin to G. <ets>brummen</ets> to growl, buzz, grumble, L. <ets>fremere</ets> to murmur; cf. G. <ets>brausen</ets>, Sw. <ets>brusa</ets>, Dan. <ets>bruse</ets>, to roar, rush.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fly of various species, of the family <spn>Tabanid\'91</spn>, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also <altname>horsefly</altname>, and <altname>gadfly</altname>. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>breese</asp> and <asp>brize</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Breeze</h1> <Xpage=179>