English English Dictionary

Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

Alt. of Brevirostrate

Short-billed; having a short beak.

of Brevity

Contraction into few words; conciseness.

Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

To boil or seethe; to cook.

To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.

To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.

To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.

To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.

Malt liquor; drink brewed.

of Brew

One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.

A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.

A mixing together.

A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.