Brut

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Birt \Birt\ (b[~e]rt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf.
     {Bret}, {Burt}.] (Zool.)
     A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also {burt},
     {bret}, or {brut}.] [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brut \Brut\, v. i. [F. brouter, OF. brouster. See {Browse}, n.]
     To browse. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brut \Brut\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Birt}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  brut \brut\ (br[=oo]t), a. [Fr. lit. rough.]
     very dry; -- used of wine or champagne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brut
       adj : (of champagne) extremely dry