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122 Bren, or Brend. To frown, to wrinkle the brow. Brik^ or Brek. A break, a rent. Brike, Chaucer. Brink. The gill of a fish. W, Noye. Briny. See Breeming. Brit. Small fish, about half the length of a sprat. Brithil, or Breithal. A mackerel. Also a name for a trout. It is a Celtic Cornish word. From hrithy mottled. Brilli, mackerel. Broil. The back of a lode. "The lode has its top covered over with a parcel of loose (more or less mineral) stones and earth this in Cornwall we call the broil of the lode." Borlase^s Natl, Hist Brood. Impurities mixed with ore. M.A.C. Brooni"Swike. A twig of heath broom. Brose of het. Very hot, perspiring copiously. "Tm in a brose of het." See Bulderin. Broth^ or Brath. The Cornish say, "I'll have d^few broth." Browse, or Brass. A thicket. See Breez. Brown- wort. Fig-wort. Scrophularia nodosa. Browthy. A term for light and spongy bread. M.A.C. Brythall. A trout, h.r.c. See Brithil. Bubble and squeak. Cold potatoes and cabbage, mixed, chopped, and fried. Elsewhere the same phrase is used for cold boiled meat and greens fried. The meat hihhied in the boiler, and squeaked in the frying pan. Brewer.