Breton

brit'un, adj. belonging to Britt any or Bretagne, in France. Breve, brgv, (bit.) a brief or short note: the longest note now used m music, [It. breve — L. brevis, short. In old church music there were but two notes, the long and the breve or short. Afterwards the long was disused, and the breve became the longest note. It is now little used, the semibreve being the longest note Brevet, brev'et, a military commi ion entitling an officer to take rank above that for which he receives pay. [Fr., a short document—L, brevis, short Breviary, brgv'i-ar-i, hook containing the daily service of the Roman Catholic Church. [Fr. brfvuiire—L. brevis, short Brevier, brev-cr', n a small type between bourgeois and minion, ong. used m printing breviaries Brevity, brev'it~i, shortne concisene . [L. — brevitas brevis, short Brew, brf>C>, v to piepare a liquor, as from malt and other materials to contrive or plot —v.t. lo perform the operation of brewing to be gathering or forming [A S. breovan; cf Ger. braiten, which, like Fr, bras \er, is said to be from Cow L. b> a arc, which is perh. from Celt. brag, m.dt.l Brewer, hroo'er, n one who brews. Brewery, hroo'ei-j, n a place for brewing. Brewing, hroo'mg, the act of making liquor from malt the quantity brewed at once Bribe, brlb, n something given to influence unduly the judgment or corrupt the conduct alluicinent.--7'.^. to influence by a bribe. [Fr bribe, a lump of bioad—Celt as in W. brvwo to bicak bniv, a fiagment Briber, brib'er. n. one who bribes [bribes Bribery, brlb'ei-i, n the act of giving or taking