Breme, Breem, brēm, adj. (Spens.) fiery, stern, boisterous, sharp. [Prob. related to A.S. bréman, to rage.]
Bren, bren, v.t. (Spens.) to burn.—pa.p. and adj. Brent. [See Burn.]
Brent, brent, adj. (Scot.) lofty: smooth, unwrinkled. [A.S. brant, steep; cog. with Ice. brattr.]
Brent-goose, brent′-gōōs, n. a small species of wild goose, having the head, neck, long wing feathers, and tail black, the belly white, the rest slaty-gray—it visits the British coasts in winter.—Also Brant′-goose, or Brent barnacle, and often confounded with the barnacle goose. [Prob. branded = brindled.]
Bressummer. Same as Breastsummer (q.v. under Breast).
Brethren, breth′ren, pl. of Brother (q.v.).
Breton, bret′un, adj. belonging to Brittany or Bretagne, in France.
Brettice. Same as Brattice.
Bretwalda, bret-wal′da, n. a title of supremacy applied by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to Egbert and seven earlier kings, whose superiority was more or less acknowledged by other kings. [Lit. 'Lord of the Britons,' or 'of Britain.']
Breve, brēv, n. a pope's letter: the longest note now used in music,