"brey" meaning in English

See brey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: breys [present, singular, third-person], breying [participle, present], breyed [participle, past], breyed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} brey (third-person singular simple present breys, present participle breying, simple past and past participle breyed)
  1. (South Africa, transitive) To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc. Tags: South-Africa, transitive
    Sense id: en-brey-en-verb-Du~JsI-i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, South African English, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 95 2 2

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breyed",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South African English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-brey-en-verb-Du~JsI-i",
      "links": [
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ],
        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Africa, transitive) To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brey"
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  ],
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    },
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "breyed",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breyed",
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        "To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc."
      ],
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