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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brize \brize\ brimacz, n.
the breeze fly. see breeze. --shak.
1913 webster
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breeze
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breeze \breeze\, breeze fly \breeze" fly`\, n. oe. brese, as.
bri'osa; 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. zool.
a fly of various species, of the family tabanidae, 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.
1913 webster
see also:
tabanidae horsefly gadfly breese brize
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