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browsts

browsts is the plural of browst.

Meaning of browst

Noun

browst (plural browsts)

  1. (Scotland) 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
  2. (Scotland) 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

Questions about browsts

What is browsts the plural of?
Browsts is the plural of browst.

Words near browsts in the dictionary

  1. browspots
  2. browst
  3. browster
  4. browsters
  5. Browston Green
  6. browsts
  7. browsweat
  8. browsy
  9. browze
  10. browzed
  11. browzes

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