Definition of Breis
Brew"is (&?;), n. [OE. brewis,
brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -
s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG.
brod. √93. See Broth, and cf. Brose.]
1. Broth or pottage. [Obs.]
Let them of their Bonner's "beef" and "broth" make what
brewis they please for their credulous guests.
Bp. Hall.
2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat,
milk, or water and butter.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete except in dialects) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
*1964: (...) he recounteth the horror of their deathless punishment in hellfire (as seen by him in his vision), a burning stinking brewis of venomed maggots and toothed worms that do gnaw to the very pia mater. — Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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