2. Fresh; brisk; full of life. [Colloq.]

||Breg"ma (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; the front part of the head: cf. F. bregma.] (Anat.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Breg*mat"ic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bregma.

Bre"hon (&?;), n. [Ir. breitheamh judge.] An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.

Brehon laws, the ancient Irish laws, -- unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III.

Breme (brm), a. [OE. breme, brime, fierce, impetuous, glorious, AS. brme, brme, famous. Cf. Brim, a.] 1. Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.] Spenser.

From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air.

Drayton.

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