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BRENT, _adj._ High, straight, upright, S.
_Maitland Poems._
It most frequently occurs in one peculiar application, in connexion with _brow_, as denoting a high forehead, as contra-distinguished from one that is flat.
_Douglas._
A. Bor. _brant_, or _brunt_, steep. A brant hill, Northumb. It is also used in Westmorel. _Brent-brow_, a steep hill; Su. G. _bryn_, vertex montis; Isl. _brun-a_, to lift one's self on high. Meo judicio _bryn_ notat id, quod ceteris superstat, aut prae aliis eminet; Ihre. Isl.
_brun_, Germ. _aug-braunen_, Alem. _braane_, the eyebrow. Sw. _brant_, steep; _en brant klippa_, a steep rock.
BRENT-NEW, quite new.
V. ~Brand-new~.
BRERD, _s._ The whole substance on the face of the earth.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _brerd_, summum.
_To_ BRERE, _v. n._ To germinate.
V. ~Breer~.
BRESCHE, _s._ An attack.
_Knox._
Su. G. _brask-a_, sonitum edere, tumultum excitare denotat, a simplici _brask_, sonitus; Ihre. It may, however, be originally the same with _Brash_, q. v.
BRESS, _pl._ Bristles.
_Dunbar._
BRESSIE, _s._ A fish, supposed to be the Wra.s.se, or Old Wife, Labrus Tinca, Linn.
_Sibbald._
Perhaps radically the same with E. _wra.s.se_.
BREST, _part. pa._ Forcibly removed; or as denoting the act of breaking away with violence; for _burst_.
_Douglas._
_Breste_, to burst. Chaucer.
BRETH, _s._ Apparently, rage, wrath.
_Houlate._
Su. G. Isl. _braede_, praeceps ira, furor. This is probably allied to _braad-a_, accelerare.
BRETHIR, BRETHER, _s. pl._ Brethren.
_Wyntown._
Isl. and Sw. _broeder_, brethren.
BRETS, _s. pl._ The name given to the Welch or ancient _Britons_, in general; also, to those of Strat-clyde, as distinguished from the Scots and Picts.
_Lord Hailes_.
Wyntown uses _Brettys_ as the pl.
A. S. _Brettas_, Britones; _Bryt_, Brito, Britannus.
BRETTYS, _s._ A fortification.
_Wyntown._
L. B. _breteschia_, _briteschia_. It properly denotes wooden towers or castles: _Bretachiae_, castella lignea, quibus castra et oppida muniebantur, Gallis _Bretesque_, _breteches_; Du Cange. Perhaps radically allied to Su. G, _bryt-a_, to contend, to make war.
_To_ BREVE, _v. a._ To write.
V. ~Breif~.
BREW, _s._ Broth, soup.
V. ~Bree~.
BREW-CREESH, _s._ A term expressive of a duty paid to a landholder or superior, which occurs in old law-deeds. It is still used, Aberd.
Sometimes it is called _Brew-tallow_.
BRIBOUR, BRYBOUR, _s._ A low beggarly fellow.
