bree
1 Britishnoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bree1
Old English brīg , variant of brīw pottage; related to Old High German brīo soup, Old English brīwan to cook, Middle Irish brēo flame
Origin of bree2
C19: perhaps from earlier bree brow
Example Sentences
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Or bawd bree, the rich hare broth of Scotland?
From Time Magazine Archive
Let revellers sing of wassail bowls, Their wines and barley bree; My ain wee house and winsome wife Are dearer far to me.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
That they ha'e gentle forms an' meet, A man wi' half a look may see; An' gracefu' airs, an' faces sweet, An' waving curls aboon the bree!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
O up then started our gudeman, An angry man was he; "Will ye kiss my wife before my een, And scaud me wi' pudding bree?"
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
Then Sally pu'd the gowans wat wi' dew an' twined her bree wi' tasselled broom, while I had a wee crackie wi' Tibby Buchan, the flesher's dochter frae Auld Reekie.
From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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