"brewis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹuːɪs/ Forms: brewises [plural]
Rhymes: -uːɪs Etymology: Old French broez, brouez, brouets plural of broet, brouet (French brouet ‘gruel’), from breu, from *brodittum, a diminutive of vulgar Latin *brodum, from Germanic *brod ‘sauce’ (English broth). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brewis (countable and uncountable, plural brewises)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal Tags: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Derived forms: fish and brewis
    Sense id: en-brewis-en-noun-7nBERG4J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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