brisket (brisket)

[ Ay, woo her briskly -win her, and give me a proof of your addre , my little Solomon. Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 1. briskne (brisk'nes), n . 1. Quickne ; vigor or rapidity in action: as, the briskne of the breeze.-2. Liveline ; gaiety; vivacity. His briskne , his jollity, and his good-humour. Dryden . 3. The sparkling quality of an effervescing liquor: applied also to water, as in the extract. The briskne of spring water, and the preference given to it as a beverage, is partly occasioned by the carbonic acid which it contains. W. A. Miller , Elem. of Chem., § 348. brismak (bris'mak), n. [Origin unknown.] A torsk. [Shetland islands.] bri 1t, v. t. [ME. bri en, var. of brisen, brysen, brusen, bruise: see bruise.] To bruise; break. The Jewes bri eden hys bonys. Legends of the Holy Rood , p. 204. bri (bris), n. [E. dial., appar. bris , breakage, wreck, formerly also fragments, briser , break (see bri 1 , bruise, and cf. de bris ); but perhaps affected by breezes , ashes, cinders: see breeze3.] Dust; rubbish. Halli well. [Prov. Eng.]