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71embraceor — em·brace·or /im brā sər/ n [Anglo French, from Old French embraserre one who inflames, from embraser to set on fire, from en , causative prefix + brase brese live coals]: a person who has committed embracery Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …
72braise — [18] Braise has a wide range of rather surprising living relatives. Its immediate source is French braiser, a derivative of braise ‘live coals’ (from which English gets brazier [17] and the breeze of breezeblock). In Old French this was brese, a… …
73breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… …
74braise — (v.) 1797, from Fr. braiser to stew (17c.), from braise live coals, from O.Fr. brese embers (12c.), ultimately from W.Gmc. *brasa (as is It. bragia, Sp. brasa), from PIE *bhre burn, heat (see BRAWN (Cf. brawn)). Related: Braised …
75braise — verb fry (food) lightly and then stew slowly in a closed container. Origin C18: from Fr. braiser, from braise live coals (in which the container was placed) …
76breeze — breeze1 noun 1》 a gentle wind. 2》 informal something easy to do. verb informal come or go in a casual or cheerful manner. ↘(breeze through) deal with or accomplish with ease. Origin C16 (in sense NE wind ): prob. from Old Sp. and Port. briza.… …
77embers — n. pl. Cinders, live coals, smouldering remains (of the fire) …
78embers — n live coals, smouldering remains; cinders, brands; dross, clinkers, slag, ash, scoriae; residue, remnants, fag ends …
79braze — I [[t]breɪz[/t]] v. t. brazed, braz•ing 1) to make of brass 2) to cover or ornament with or as if with brass 3) to make brasslike • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME brasen, OE bræsian; see brass II braze [[t]breɪz[/t]] v. t. brazed, braz•ing mel to unite …
80breeze — I [[t]briz[/t]] n. v. breezed, breez•ing 1) mer a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one 2) mer a wind of 4–31 mph (2–14 m/sec) 3) inf an easy task 4) to move in a self confident or jaunty manner 5) inf to proceed effortlessly •… …
