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Breeze \Breeze\, v. i.
To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow.
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{To breeze up} (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
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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.
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Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
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2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
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{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.
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Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See
{Brasier}.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning
charcoal.
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2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used
in the burning of bricks.
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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.] (Zool.)
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}.]
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