English Dictionary: bret | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Birt \Birt\ (b[etil]rt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf. {Bret}, {Burt}.] (Zo[94]l.) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also {burt}, {bret}, or {brut}.] [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bret \Bret\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Birt}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brill \Brill\, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}. |