† abreid, adv. Obs. or dial.
(əˈbriːd)
[OE. on brede in breadth, Chaucer on brede, mod. Scotch a breid, abreed.]
Apart, widely. (Cf. abroad, a later formation which took the place of a brede in Eng.)
| c 1400 Destr. Troy xxix. 11877 Bothe obreade & aboue [þai] brekyn the yates. 1787 Burns III. 143 Spread abreed thy weel-fill'd brisket. |