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brew⋅is

   [broo-is, brooz]
–noun Newfoundland.
1. hard bread soaked in water and then boiled.
2. such bread, with pieces of fish added, served as a meal.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier brewz, brewes, appar. b. bree broth, juice (ME bre, OE *brēo, var. of brīw; cf. brei ) and browes, ME broys broth, soup < OF broez (nom.), broet (acc.), equiv. to bro (< OHG brod broth ) + -et -et
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brew·is     (brōō'ĭs, brōōz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   New England
Bread soaked in liquid, usually milk, and eaten as a pudding or as a side dish with meat.


[Middle English brewes, from Old French broez, pl. of broet, diminutive of breu, broth, from Vulgar Latin *brodum, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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Brewis

Brew"is\, n. [OE. brewis, brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG. brod. [root]93. See Broth, and cf. Brose.]

1. Broth or pottage. [Obs.]

Let them of their Bonner's "beef" and "broth" make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. --Bp. Hall.

2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.

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