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81warming pan — warm′ing pan n. a long handled, covered pan filled with live coals or hot water, formerly used for warming a bed • Etymology: 1565–75 …
82braise — /breɪz / (say brayz) verb (t) (braised, braising) to cook (meat or vegetables) by sautéing in fat and then cooking slowly in very little moisture. {French braiser, from braise hot charcoal, live coals; of Germanic origin} …
83braze — I. /breɪz / (say brayz) verb (t) (brazed, brazing) 1. to make of brass. 2. to cover or ornament with brass, or as if with brass. 3. to make brass like. {Middle English, Old English bræsian, from bræs brass} II. /breɪz / (say brayz) verb (t)… …
84brazier — I. /ˈbreɪziə / (say brayzeeuh) noun a person who works in brass. {Middle English brasiere; from braze1 (verb) + ier} II. /ˈbreɪziə / (say brayzeeuh) noun a metal receptacle for holding burning charcoal or other fuel. {French brasier, from braise… …
85braise — ► VERB ▪ fry (food) lightly and then stew slowly in a closed container. ORIGIN French braiser, from braise live coals (in which the container was placed) …
86breeze block — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a lightweight building brick made from cinders mixed with sand and cement. ORIGIN breeze from French braise live coals …
87braise — [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… …
88breeze — [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… …
89breeze — breeze1 [brēz] n. [16th c. nautical term brise, prob. (? via Du) < EFris brisen, to blow fresh and strong] 1. a light current of air; wind, esp. a gentle wind 2. [Brit. Informal] commotion or disturbance ☆ 3. Informal a thing easy to do 4.… …
90embrace — embrace1 [em brās′, imbrās′] vt. embraced, embracing [ME embracen < OFr embracier < VL * imbrachiare < L im , in + brachium, an arm: see BRACE1] 1. to clasp in the arms, usually as an expression of affection or desire; hug 2. to accept… …
