brere

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

brere

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    • Geoffrey Chaucer's The Merchant's Prologue.
      With thikke brustles of his berd unsofte,
      Lyk to the skyn of houndfyssh, sharp as brere.

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(See the entry for brere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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