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breest

breest

Scots

Noun

breest (plural breests)

  1. (anatomy) breast
  2. perpendicular face cut in a moss
  3. step or layer in a manure heap
  4. the desk board of a pew
  5. the front or projecting part of anything
  6. the cobbled slipway forming the front of a harbour

Derived terms

  • abreest (abreast, side by side)
  • breestbane (breastbone)
  • breestie (small breast)

Verb

breest (third-person singular present breests, present participle breestin, past breestit, past participle breestit)

  1. to spring up or forward
  2. to mount a horse by gripping the mane and wriggling over

Derived terms

  • breestit (sprang up with forward motion)