▪ I. † ˈbreward, n. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 7 brerewood, 9 dial. brewit, bruart.
[A variant of braird, brerd; cf. OE. breord, briord, brord.]
1. Brim (of a hat); = brerd.
| 1611 Cotgr., Aile..the brimme, or brerewood of a hat. 1674 Ray N.C. Wds. 8 Hat Bruarts, Hat brims. Cheshire. 1868 E. Waugh Sneck-Bant ii. 38 (Lanc. Gloss.) Wi' th' rain drippin' off his hat brewits. |
2. Sprouting of corn, etc.; = braird.
| 1875 Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) 59 A fine bruart o' strawberry. |
▪ II. † ˈbreward, brewerd, v. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. prec.: cf. braird v.]
To sprout.
| 1609 Bible (Douay) II. 1084 The sede newly sowne to one, beginning to brewerd to an other. 1875 Lancash. Gloss. (E.D.S.) s.v., Yo'r taties are bruartin' finely. |