brentfox (brentfoks)

See brant - fox. brent-goose (brent'gös), n. [Also brant -goose and brand- goose, often shortened to brent, brant, G. brentgans (> prob. It. brant a ); all due to Icel. brand gas (=Sw. brandgås = Dan. brandgaas ), IMG:content-2504.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors] IMG:content-2505.png:[blocks in formation] bre omer, bre ummer (bres'om-er, -um-er), n. Corruptions of brest -summer. brest1 (brest), n. 1†. An obsolete spelling of breast. 2. In arch ., a torus. [Rare or obso- lete.] brest2+ (brest), v . and n . An obsolete variant of burst . prest- brest-summer, breast-summer (brest's um"- ėr), n. In arch ., a summer or beam placed horizontally to support an upper wall or parti- parti tion, as the beam over a shop-window; a lintel. Corruptly written bre omer , bre ummer . bret (bret), n . [E. dial., var. of birt , burt ; origin unknown. Cf. brit2 .] A local English name (in Cornwall) of the brill, and also of the turbot. brete e (bre-tes'), n. [ OF.brete e , F. bretèche , bretesche, the battlements of a wall, etc.: see bret- tice, brattice , the reg. E. form of the word.] In medieval fort .: (a) A tower of timber of several stories, crenelated, loopholed, and fitted with other contemporary devices for offense and de- fense. It differed from the belfry in that it was fixed instead of movable. ( b ) A construction of timber, of a more or le temporary character, projecting from a wall, etc., especially over a gateway or a pa age, which by its aid could be more readily commanded by the garrison through machicolations, etc. Such brete es are distinguished from hoarding in that the latter forms a con- tinuous gallery crowning a wall or a tower, while the for- brete é (bre-te-sā'), a . [Pp. of OF. * brete er , bretescher , provide with battlements, brete e , bretesche, etc.: see brete e .] In her ., battled on both sides, the projections coming opposite each other: said of a bend, a fe e, or the like. Also spelled brette é . bretexedt, a . [ME., also bretaged , pp., equiv. to brete ed .] Furnished with a brete e. bretfult, a . [ME., also brerdful , brerd ( braird ) + -ful .] Brimful: as, " bretful of pardouns," Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 687. brethelt, n. A variant of brothell . bretherhedet, n. An old form of brotherhood . brethren (brewí'ren), n. Plural of brother . See phrases under brother . bretiset, n. Breton (bret'on), a. and n. [F., a. and n.; ult. same as Briton , q. v.] I. a. Relating to Brit- tany or Bretagne, a former province in north- western France, or to the language of its peo- ple. IMG:content-2506.png:[graphic] brevet, v. t. [ brieven = OHG. brieven = Icel. brēfa ), breviare , write down, narrate, prop. note in brief, brevis , brief, whence breve , E. brief , a writing, a brief: see breve , n., brief , n. and v., and bre- viate.] 1. To write down; describe. As hit is breued in the best boke of romaunce. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight , 1. 2521. 2. To enter in a book; book; brief. The clerke of the cochyn shalle alle thyng breue. Boke of Curtasye , 1. 558. At countyng stuarde schalle ben, Tylle alle be breuet of wax so grene, Wrytten in-to bokes, with-out let, That be-fore in tabuls hase ben sett. 3. To tell; say. Breue us thi name. IMG:content-2507.png:[graphic] brevet (brē-vet'), n. and a. [ brevet , a let- ter of indulgence, brievet , F. brevet (ML. brevetum), a commi ion, license, etc., lit. a short writing, dim. of OF. brief , F. bref , a writ- ing: see brief .] I. n. 1t. A letter of authority; a commi ion. I wol go fecche my box with my breuettes And a bulle with bi hopes lettres. II. n. 1. A native of Britt any.-2. The na- tive language of Britt any; y; Armoric (which see). brett (bret), n. [Perhaps from the proper name Brett .] A four-wheeled A four-wheeled carriage having a calash top and seats for four besides the driver's seat. brevetcy (bro-vet'si), n. brevet (bre-vet'), v . t .; pret. and pp. brevetted , ppr. brevetting . [ brevet , n.] To confer brevet rank upon. brette é, a. See brete é . brettice (bret'is), n. Same as brattice . Bretwalda (bret wol-da), n . [AS. Bretwalda , otherwise Bryten- , Breten - wald a , -weald a , a title of uncertain meaning, occurring in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle (A. D. 827); Bret , otherwise Bryt , sing. of Brettas , Bryttas , Britons, or Bry- ten , Britain (but this is disputed), + -weald a (in comp.), a ruler, weald an , rule: see wield . ] A title sometimes applied to an Anglo-Saxon king whose supremacy over some or all of the other kingdoms was acknowledged. The nature of this supremacy is unknown. It was to these exploits that Ceawlin owed that dignity of Bretwalda , which Ælle before him had gained by the destruction of Anderida. breviary range ment, either of certain religious orders or local, often of historical interest. 3. A name given to similar compilations used in the Greek and Oriental churches. - Absolutions in the breviary. See absolution. - Breviary of Alaric, a compilation of the written and unwritten laws of Rome, made by Alaric II., king of the Visigoths, A. D. 506. breviatet, v. t. [L. breviatus, pp. of breviare, shorten, brevis, short. Cf. abbreviate and breve, v.] To abridge. Sherwood. See abbreviate.