Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bread (3)

Bread, v. t.(Cookery) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

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Breadbasket

Bread″bas′ket (�), n. The stomach. S. Foote.

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Breadcorn

Bread″corn′ (�). Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.

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Breaded

Bread″ed, a. Braided Spenser.

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Breaden

Bread″en (�), a. Made of bread.

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Breadfruit

Bread″fruit′ (�), n.(Bot.) 1. The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six...

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Breadless

Bread″less, a. Without bread; destitute of food.Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull.P. Whitehead.

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Breadroot

Bread′root″ (�), n.(Bot.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, aff...

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Breadstuff

Bread″stuff (�), n. Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

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Breadth

Breadth (brĕdth), n. [OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette, AS. brǣdu, fr. brād broad. See Broad, a.]1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, o...

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Breadthless

Breadth″less, a. Without breadth.

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Breadthways

Breadth″ways (–wā̍z), adv. Breadthwise. Whewell.

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Breadthwise

Breadth″wise (–wī̍z), adv. In the direction of the breadth.

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Breadwinner

Bread″win′ner (brĕd″wĭn′nẽr), n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer.

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Break

Break (brāk), v. t. [imp.broke (brōk), (Obs.Brake); p. p.Broken (brō″k'n), (Obs.Broke); p. pr. & vb. n.Breaking.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. br...

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Break (2)

Break (brāk), v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure ...

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Break (3)

Break (brāk), n. [See Break, v. t., and cf. Brake (the instrument), Breach, Brack a crack.] 1. An opening made by fracture or disruption.2. An interruption of continuity; change...

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Break-circuit

Break″–cir′cuit (�), n.(Elec.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

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Break-up

Break″–up′ (�), n. Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.

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Breakable

Break″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being broken.

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Breakage

Break″age (�), n. 1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.2. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

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Breakaway

Break″a‐way′ (?), n. [Break + away] 1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede.2. An animal that breaks away ...

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Breakbone fever

Break″bone′ fe′ver (�). (Med.) See Dengue.

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Breakdown

Break″down′ (�), n. 1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.2. (a) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or p...

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Breaker

Break″er (�), n. 1. One who, or that which, breaks.I'll be no breaker of the law.Shak.2. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the...

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Breakfast

Break″fast (�), n. [Break + fast.] 1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.A sorry breakfast for my lord protector.Shak.2. A meal after fasting, o...

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Breakfast (2)

Break″fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p.breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Breakfasting.] To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.First, sir, I read, and then I br...