Bred'ow, Gabriel

GOTTFRIED, a German historian, B. in Berlin, 1773. His Memorable Events of Universal History, and Elaborate Narrative, have pa ed through many editions. D. 1814. Bredsore, or Breeder. See BREEDING-SORE. Brée, MAT THE US IGNAZIUS VAN, an excellent Flemish painter, B. at Antwerp, 1773; D. 1839. Breech, ( brich ) n. [From BREAK OF BREACH.] The posterior and lower part of the human body; hence, figuratively, the hinder part of anything. "As quick as lightning in the breech,... Because a kick in that place more Hurts honor, than deep wounds before." - Hudibras. -A garment for the breech. See BREECHES. "Ah! that thy father had been so resolv'd! That thou might'st still have worn the petticoat, And ne'er had stol'n the breech from Lancaster." - Shaks. (Gunnery.) The solid part of a piece of artillery be hind the bore. See GUN. "So cannons, when they mount vast ditches, Are tumbled back upon their breeches." - Sir C. Sedley. -The hinder part of anything. (Ship-build.) The angle of a knee-timber, the inside of which is called the throat. -v. a. To put into breeches. -To fit anything with a breech; as, to breech a field-piece. To connect by a breeching. Breeches, ( brēch'ez ,) n. pl. [A. S. broc , pl. brac; Dan. brock; It. brache ; Fr. braies ; Swed. and Goth. brack or ; Lat. bracca ; derived by Junius from breechen, to part, separate, divide.] A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs, and reaching to the knees. (Pantaloons, or trousers, are sometimes erroneously given this name.) "But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer 1" - Holmes. IMG:content-0743.png:[blocks in formation] Breeching, ( brēch'ing,) n. Chastisement on the breech; as, to give a boy a breeching. (Saddlery.) Part of the harne of a carriage-horse, by means of which he is enabled to push the carriage, to which he is attached, backwards; or to support its pre ure in going down a hill. ( Naut .) A rope on board a ship by which a gun is firmly lashed or fastened to her side.