n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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. |
| 1. | A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. |
| 2. | An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. |
| 1. | Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal. |
| 2. | (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks. |
v. i. | 1. | To blow gently. |
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