▪ I. † breame Obs. rare—1.
[Known only in the passage cited: if correct, cf. Ger. breme, MHG. breme, brem, OHG. bremo masc., answering to an OTeut. *bremon- masc., parallel to *brimisi- fem., whence OHG. brimissa, Ger. bremse: see brimse.]
Breese, gadfly; = brimse.
| 1589 Fleming Virg. Georg. iii. 41 note, A kind of flieng vermin that stingeth cattell, a horseflie, breame, a breese. |
▪ II. breame
var. of breem a. Obs.