Brewis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɹuːɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Brewis is a noun meaning (obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal.
Meaning
(obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal.
Example Sentences
[…] an hundred dishes of poultry besides other birds and brewises, fritters and cooling marinades.
[…] he recounteth the horror of their deathless punishment in hellfire (as seen by him in his vision), a burning stinking brewis of venomed maggots and toothed worms that do gnaw to the very pia mater.
Word Forms
- brewises
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include herbelade, bisk, broth, brose, booyah, biscuit.
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