Breeze , v. i. To blow gently. [R.]
J. Barlow.
To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
Breeze (&?;), n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
2.
(Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
Breeze , n. [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.]
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.
Breeze (&?;), Breeze" fly` (&?;), n.
[OE. brese, AS. briósa; 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.]
(Zoöl.) A fly
of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, 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.]
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