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A rush. [Obs.] "Feeds on reaks and reeds." Drant.

To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.

An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

To streak.

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. Shak.

A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.

Capable of being broken.

The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

An animal that breaks away from a herd.

See Dengue.

The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be no breaker of the law. Shak.

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.

See Brakeman.

A fall that breaks the neck.

Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

nged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.

A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow.

The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.