Hypertext Webster Gateway: "breeze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breeze \Breeze\, v. i.
To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow.
{To breeze up} (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
bri['o]sa; 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.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[ae]}, 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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp.
briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast
wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa,
north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
{Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
night.
{Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the
daytime, from the sea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See
{Brasier}.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning
charcoal.
2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used
in the burning of bricks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
breeze
n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled
by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his
neck" [syn: {zephyr}, {gentle wind}, {air}]
2: a task that is easy to do
v 1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the
shore."
2: to proceed quickly and easily
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