BREVE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: Moore.

2.
n.

Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.

3.
n.

A curved mark [˘] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.

4.
n.

The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.


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