bree

¹ British  

/ briː /

noun

1. broth, stock, or juice

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bree ² British  

/ briː /

noun

1. a Scot word for brunt

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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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bree

Or bawd bree, the rich hare broth of Scotland?

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Not a neigh uttered; no noise save the slight tinkle of curb or bit, and an occasional angry stamp at bite of the bree fly.

From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid

"What ails ye at the pudding bree   That boils into the pan?"

From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates

"I read it in your bree," she said.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson