'I have a-torn my best decanter ... have a-broke my fine cambrick aporn.'—Cope's Hants Glossary.
Brevet, Brivet. (1) To meddle, interfere, pry into.—N.W.
'Who be you to interfere wi' a man an' he's vam'ly? Get awver groundsell, or I'll stop thy brevettin' for a while.'—Dark, ch. xix.
(2) To brevet about, to beat about, as a dog for game (A.).—N.W. Also Privet.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard; Castle Eaton, &c.)
'Brivet, a word often applied to children when they wander about aimlessly and turn over things.'—Leisure Hour, Aug. 1893.
*(3) To pilfer. 'If she'll brevet one thing, she'll brevet another.'—N.W. (Mildenhall.)
Bribe. To taunt, to bring things up against any one, to scold. 'What d'ye want to kip a-bribing I o' that vur?'—N.W.
Brit, Brittle out. (1) To rub grain out in the hand.—N.W. (2) To drop out of the husk, as over-ripe grain (D.).—N.W.
Brivet. See Brevet.