browst
/ˈbɹaʊst/
browst noun: a brewage; a brew, especially a serving of beer.
Noun
browst (plural browsts)
- A brewage; a brew, especially a serving of beer.
- […] meet alternately at each other's houses night after night, and sit simply soaking in the regularly recurring 'browsts,' till they were saturated and almost brimming over.1895, James Inglis, The Humor of the Scot, page 227
- An instance of brewing.
- But be being better instructed from that book which was Brownie's eyesore, and the object of his wrath, when he brewed, he would not suffer any sacrifice to be given to Brownie; whereupon, the first and second brewings were spilt and for no use, though the wort wrought well, yet in a little time it...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 274
Forms of browst
| plural | browsts |
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Origin of browst
Back-formation from browster.
Words that rhyme with browst
Questions about browst
- What does browst mean?
- Browst means a brewage; a brew, especially a serving of beer.
- What part of speech is browst?
- Browst is a noun.
- How do you pronounce browst?
- Browst is pronounced /ˈbɹaʊst/.
- What is the plural of browst?
- The plural of browst is browsts.
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