browst

English

Etymology

Back-formation from browster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹaʊst/
  • Rhymes: -aʊst

Noun

browst (plural browsts)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A brewage; a brew, especially a serving of beer.
    • 1895, James Inglis, The Humor of the Scot, page 227:
      [] meet alternately at each other's houses night after night, and sit simply soaking in the regularly recurring 'browsts,' till they were saturated and almost brimming over.

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Verb

browst

  1. inflection of browsen:
    1. second-person singular/plural present
    2. third-person singular present
    3. plural imperative

Scots

Noun

browst (plural browsts)

  1. A brewing.