browst
English
Etymology
Back-formation from browster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹaʊst/
- Rhymes: -aʊst
Noun
browst (plural browsts)
- (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.
Further reading
- “browst, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
browst
- inflection of browsen:
- second-person singular/plural present
- third-person singular present
- plural imperative
Scots
Noun
browst (plural browsts)
- A brewing.