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breel, breil, briel,
breel [briːl]
n. A whirring motion, the rapid turning of a wheel.
v. To move with rapidity.
n. A whirring motion, the rapid turning of a wheel.
v. To move with rapidity.
breells, breels, brills, brils,
breels [brilz]
also brills [brɪlz]
n. pl. Spectacles.
also brills [brɪlz]
n. pl. Spectacles.
breem, breme, briem, brim,
breem [SW. brim]
n. A state of heat (in animals).
adj. Keen, fierce, violent. Bleak, exposed to the weather.
v. To be on heat (animals).
n. A state of heat (in animals).
adj. Keen, fierce, violent. Bleak, exposed to the weather.
v. To be on heat (animals).
breer, breers, breir, breirs, brier, briers,
breer [ˈbri(ə)r]
n. A briar. A prickly shrub, specially the dog-rose Rosa canina.
pl. breers
n. A briar. A prickly shrub, specially the dog-rose Rosa canina.
pl. breers
birze, breese, breeze, breise, breize,
breese [briːz]
n. Crushed rock usually sandstone or limestone
v. To crush down, pound.
n. Crushed rock usually sandstone or limestone
v. To crush down, pound.
breeshelt, breeshle, breeshled, breeshlin, breishelt, breishilt, breishle, breishlin,
breeshle [briʃl, brisl]
n. The act of coming on in a hurry. A violent attack in whatever way.
v. To hurry, rush.
pt. pp. breeshelt
n. The act of coming on in a hurry. A violent attack in whatever way.
v. To hurry, rush.
pt. pp. breeshelt
Compounds and phrases etc.
breeshlin: Hurrying, rushing.
abreesht, abreest, abreist, breasht, breasted, breastet, breastie, breasty, breesht, breest, breestie, breestin, breestin-spade, breestit, breisht, breist, breistie, breistin, breistit, brest, briest, briest, forebreesht, forebreest, forebreist, forebriest,
breest [brist, MN. briʃt]
n. The breast, a perpendicular face cut in a moss. A step or layer in a manure heap. The desk board of a pew. The front or projecting part of anything. The cobbled slipway forming the front of a harbour. A panelled partition. pl. breests
dim. breestie a small breast
v. To spring up or forward. To mount a horse by gripping the mane and wriggling over.
pt. pp. breestit adj. Sprang up with forward motion.
n. The breast, a perpendicular face cut in a moss. A step or layer in a manure heap. The desk board of a pew. The front or projecting part of anything. The cobbled slipway forming the front of a harbour. A panelled partition. pl. breests
dim. breestie a small breast
v. To spring up or forward. To mount a horse by gripping the mane and wriggling over.
pt. pp. breestit adj. Sprang up with forward motion.
Compounds and phrases etc.
abreest [əˈ-]: adv. Abreast, side by side.
breestin: The face or breast of a peat bank.
breestin-spade: A spade for working the face or breast of a peat bank.
forebreest [foːrˈ-]: The front of anything, the forefront.
breestin: The face or breast of a peat bank.
breestin-spade: A spade for working the face or breast of a peat bank.
forebreest [foːrˈ-]: The front of anything, the forefront.
Bratain, Brätain, Breetain, Breetish, Breitish, Brïtain, Brïtisch, Brïtish, Brits, Brittain,
Breetain [ˈbritən]
n. Britain.
n. Britain.
Compounds and phrases etc.
Breetish [ˈbritɪʃ]: British.
brade, braed, braid, bread-an-cheese, breed, breid, breid-an-cheese, breyd, bried, cheese-an-breid, cheese-and-breid, main-bread, main-breid, shoartbreed, shoartbreid, shortbreed, shortbreid, shortbried, soda-breid, sodae-breid, sodie-breid, sody-bread, sody-breid, sweetbreid, sweet-breid,
breid [brid, bred]
n. Bread. A roll or loaf. An oatcake.
n. Bread. A roll or loaf. An oatcake.
Compounds and phrases etc.
cheese-and-breid: Green shoots when first appearing on hedges etc.
fancy breid: Dainties, cakes.
main-breid: Bread of the finest quality.
shortbreid: Shortbread.
sodae-breid: Soda bread.
steam-mill breid: MN. Thick poorly-made oatcakes.
sweet-breid: Fancy cakes, pastries.
fancy breid: Dainties, cakes.
main-breid: Bread of the finest quality.
shortbreid: Shortbread.
sodae-breid: Soda bread.
steam-mill breid: MN. Thick poorly-made oatcakes.
sweet-breid: Fancy cakes, pastries.
brade, braid, braidth, bread, breed, breedth, breeth, breid, breidth, breyd, breydth, bridth, fit-breid, han$-breed, haund-breed, haundbreid, haund-breid,
breid [brid, breːd, briθ]
also MN. bridth [bridθ]
n. Breadth.
also MN. bridth [bridθ]
n. Breadth.
Compounds and phrases etc.
fit-breid: A foot-breadth.
haund-breid: A hand-breadth.
haund-breid: A hand-breadth.