breest

Scots

[brist], [briʃt]

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) breast
  • perpendicular face cut in a moss
  • step or layer in a manure heap
  • the desk board of a pew
  • the front or projecting part of anything
  • the cobbled slipway forming the front of a harbour

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English brest inherited from Old English brēost (chest) inherited from *breust inherited from Proto-Germanic *breustą (chest, breast) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰrews-

Gloss

swell, blow, inflate, break, sprout

Concept
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