2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.

The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.

Dryden.

Break"fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.] To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.

First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.

Prior.

Break"fast, v. t. To furnish with breakfast. Milton.

Break"man (&?;), n. See Brakeman.

Break"neck` (&?;), n. 1. A fall that breaks the neck.

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