Part 1378

<hw>Breeze</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>brise</ets>; akin to It. <ets>brezza</ets> breeze, Sp. <ets>briza</ets>, <ets>brisa</ets>, a breeze from northeast, Pg. <ets>briza</ets> northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. <ets>bise</ets>, Pr. <ets>bisa</ets>, OHG. <ets>bisa</ets>, north wind, Arm. <ets>biz</ets> northeast wind.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.</def>

<blockquote>Into a gradual calm the <b>breezes</b> sink. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; <as>as, the discovery produced a <ex>breeze</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>Land breeze</col>, <cd>a wind blowing from the land, generally at night.</cd> -- <col>Sea breeze</col>, <cd>a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Breeze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>braise</ets> cinders, live coals. See <er>Brasier</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Brickmaking)</fld> <def>Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.</def>

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

<hw>Breeze</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To blow gently.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Barlow.</i>

<cs><col>To breeze up</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to blow with increasing freshness.</cd></cs>

<h1>Breezeless</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breeze"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Motionless; destitute of breezes.</def>

<blockquote>A stagnant, <b>breezeless</b> air becalms my soul. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breeziness</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breez"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being breezy.</def>

<h1>Breezy</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breez"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.</def> "A <i>breezy</i> day in May."

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<blockquote>'Mid lawns and shades by <b>breezy</b> rivulets fanned. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fresh; brisk; full of life.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Bregma</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breg"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the front part of the head: cf. F. <ets>bregma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.</def>

<h1>Bregmatic</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breg*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the bregma.</def>

<h1>Brehon</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Bre"hon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. <ets>breitheamh</ets> judge.]</ety> <def>An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.</def>

<cs><col>Brehon laws</col>, <cd>the ancient Irish laws, -- unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III.</cd></cs>