braize

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɹeɪz/

Definition of braize

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
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noun

  1. A European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
  2. (alt-of, dated)Dated form of braise (“meat cooked by braising”).
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of braze (small charcoal for melting ore)
    “The fuel was wood, either alone or mixed with peat, or pure peat - as in the north of Lancashire - or mineral coal, but most frequently it was small charcoal, called braise or braize.”

verb

  1. (alt-of, dated)Dated form of braise.
    “braizing meat”

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Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps akin to English barse (“bass, perch”) and English bream.

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