breathless (brethles)

[ Denies the rites of funeral fires to those Whose breathle bodies yet he calls his foes. 1. Full of breath: as, "the breath full bellowes," Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 38.-2. Odorous; fragrant. Fresh Cost marie and breath full Camomill. Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 195. breathing (brē'Thing), n. [ brethynge , current of air; verbal n. of breathe , v.] 1. Res piration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air: as, "a difficulty of breathing ," Melmoth , tr. of Pliny, vi. 16. She sleeps: her breathings are not heard In palace chambers far apart. Tennyson , Day-Dream. 2. Aspiration; secret prayer or desire. Earnest desires and breathings after that ble ed state. Unwounded from the dreadful close, But breathle all, Fitz-James arose. bred2t, n. An obsolete spelling of bread1 . bredelt, n. and v. See bread2 . brede2t, n. See bread3 , braid1 . bredest, e. t. [Early mod. E., breden , AS. brædan , roast: see brawn .] To roast. bredge1, n. An obsolete form of bridge1 . Scott, L. of the L., v. 16. bredge2t, v. t. See bridge2. 3. That takes away the breath. How I remember that breathle flight! Long fellow, Golden Legend, iv.