BREEZING
Verb
breezing
present participle of breeze
Noun
breezing (plural breezings)
The act by which a horse is breezed, or taken on a light run.
Source: Wiktionary
BREEZE
Breeze, Breeze" fly` (, n. Etym: [OE. brese, AS. briósa; perh. akin
to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G.
brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G.
brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, noted for
buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; --
called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-
winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different
species of botflies. [Written also breese and brize.]
Breeze, n. Etym: [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp. briza,
brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of
uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm.
biz northeast wind.]
1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. Wordsworth.
2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a
disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.
[Colloq.] Land breeze, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
night.
– Sea breeze, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime,
from the sea.
Breeze, n. Etym: [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
2. (Brickmaking)
Definition: Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of
bricks.
Breeze, v. i.
Definition: To blow gently. [R.] J. Barlow. To breeze up (Naut.), to blow
with increasing freshness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition