▪ I. brist
ME. variant of brest, ‘defect, want’.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 6344 Wit-vten ani brek or brist. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 6205 Loverd when saw we þe haf hunger or thirst Or of any herber haf grete brist. c 1450 Erle of Tolous 833 Hys wyfe had seche a bryste. |
▪ II. brist
obs. f. breast n., burst.