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BREEZE, n. A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species,but the most noted is the bovinus, great horsefly, whose mouth is armed with two hooks which penetrate the skin of an animal, while with a proboscis, like a sting, it sucks the blood. BREEZE, n. [Gr. to boil.] 1. A light wind; a gentle gale.From land a gentle breeze arose at night.2. A shifting wind, that blows from the sea or from the land, for a certain time, by night or by day. Such breezes are common in the tropical regions, and in a good degree regular. The wind from the sea is called a sea breeze, and that from the land, a land breeze. In general, the sea breeze blows in the day time, and the land breeze at night. The like breezes are common, in the summer months, in the temperate latitudes.BREEZE, v.i. To blow gently; a word common among seamen. For now the breathing airs, from ocean born,Breeze up the bay, and lead the lively morn.
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BREEZE, n. A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species,but the most noted is the bovinus, great horsefly, whose mouth is armed with two hooks which penetrate the skin of an animal, while with a proboscis, like a sting, it sucks the blood. BREEZE, n. [Gr. to boil.] 1. A light wind; a gentle gale.From land a gentle breeze arose at night.2. A shifting wind, that blows from the sea or from the land, for a certain time, by night or by day. Such breezes are common in the tropical regions, and in a good degree regular. The wind from the sea is called a sea breeze, and that from the land, a land breeze. In general, the sea breeze blows in the day time, and the land breeze at night. The like breezes are common, in the summer months, in the temperate latitudes.BREEZE, v.i. To blow gently; a word common among seamen. For now the breathing airs, from ocean born,Breeze up the bay, and lead the lively morn. | BREEZE, n.1 [Sax. briosa, from its sound resembling a breeze.]A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species, but the most noted is the Bovinus, great horse-fly, whose mouth is armed with two hooks, which penetrate the akin of an animal, while with a proboscis, like a sting, it sucks the blood. BREEZE, n.2 [It. brezza, a cold windy mist; Sp. brisa, a breeze; Sw. brusa, to be fervid, to boil, to murmur; Dan. bruser, to rush, roar or foam, to rise in waves; bruusen, the rustling of the wind, a humming or buzzing, fermentation. In French sea language, brise, a breeze; Gr. βραζω, and βρασσω, to boil; Fr. brasser, to brew; W. brys, hasty, from rhys, a rushing. These words seem all to have a common root. See Rush.]- A light wind; a gentle gale.
From land a gentle breeze arose at night. – Dryden.
- A shifting wind, that blows from the sea or from the land, for a certain time, by night or by day. Such breezes are common in the tropical regions, and in a good degree regular. The wind from the sea is called a sea breeze, and that from the land, a land breeze. In general, the sea breeze blows in the day time, and the land breeze at night. The like breezes are common, in the summer months, in the temperate latitudes.
BREEZE, v.i.To blow gently; a word common among seamen.
For now the breathing airs, from ocean born, / Breeze up the bay, and lead the lively morn. – Barlow. | Breeze
- A light, gentle wind; a fresh,
soft-blowing wind.
- Refuse left in the
process of making coke or burning charcoal.
- To blow gently.
- An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry
of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a
breeze.
- Refuse coal, coal ashes,
and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
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Breeze BREEZE, noun A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species, but the most noted is the bovinus, great horsefly, whose mouth is armed with two hooks which penetrate the skin of an animal, while with a proboscis, like a sting, it sucks the blood. BREEZE, noun [Gr. to boil.] 1. A light wind; a gentle gale. From land a gentle breeze arose at night. 2. A shifting wind, that blows from the sea or from the land, for a certain time, by night or by day. Such breezes are common in the tropical regions, and in a good degree regular. The wind from the sea is called a sea breeze and that from the land, a land breeze In general, the sea breeze blows in the day time, and the land breeze at night. The like breezes are common, in the summer months, in the temperate latitudes. BREEZE, verb intransitive To blow gently; a word common among seamen. For now the breathing airs, from ocean born, BREEZE up the bay, and lead the lively morn.
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