Breeze
Breeze ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English brese, Anglo-Saxon briósa; perh. akin to Old High German brimissa, German breme, bremse, Dutch brems, which are akin to German brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, Latin fremere to murmur; compare German brausen, Swedish brusa, Danish bruse, to roar, rush.]
(Zoology) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanida, 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.
Also: Breeze fly
Breeze , noun
[French brise; akin to Italian brezza breeze, Sp. briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Portuguese briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; compare French bise, Pr. bisa, Old High German bisa, north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
1.
A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
Into a gradual calm the breezes sink.
2.
An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloquial]
Collocations (2)
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.
Breeze ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French 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.
Breeze , intransitive verb
To blow gently. [Rare] — J. Barlow
Collocations (1)
To breeze up (Nautical) , to blow with increasing freshness.