Brook-jumping, subs. (Rugby).—See House-washing.
Brosier (or Brozier). To brozier my dame, verb. phr. (Eton).—To “eat out of house and home.” When a DAME (q.v.) keeps an unusually bad table, the boys agree on a certain day to eat him literally “out of house and home.” Hence BROZIERED = cleaned out. [Brozier (Cheshire) = bankrupt.]
1796. Merton, Way to get Married (Inchbald, British Theatre, vol. xxvi.). [The term is so used here.]
Browse, subs. (Marlborough).—A pleasant or easy time; a treat; anything enjoyable: e.g. MORNING BROWSE = leave off early school; French is a BROWSE. Hence, Captain’s browse = an expedition to which a master takes his House Captains. [From browse = to eat lazily.]
Adj. Pleasant; enjoyable. Also (more frequently) BROWSY: e.g. a BROWSY morning = a morning in which little work is done; an awfully BROWSY day, or time = an enjoyable time.
Verb. To enjoy; to like: generally with on: e.g. “I BROWSE ON old Smith,” or, “ON Science hour.”
Brum, adj. (Winchester).—(1) Poor; (2) mean, stingy. Dead brum = penniless.
Brush, subs. 1. (common).—A schoolmaster.
2. (Christ’s Hospital).—A flogging.
1844. Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital [The Blue, Aug. 1874]. The punishment ... next in severity was flogging with the birch (called BRUSHING).