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Pronunciation : Breeze, Breeze" fly` (
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. brese, AS. bri?sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid?, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two- winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also breese and brize.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Breeze
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp. briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
Definition : 1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. Wordsworth.

2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] Land breeze, a wind blowing from the land, generally at night. -- Sea breeze, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Breeze
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.]
Definition : 1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.

2. (Brickmaking)

Defn: Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Breeze
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To blow gently. [R.] J. Barlow. To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913