Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bret"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birt \Birt\ (b[~e]rt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf.
{Bret}, {Burt}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also {burt},
{bret}, or {brut}.] [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith
streaked, speckled.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed
in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}.
See {Bret}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bret \Bret\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Birt}.
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