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Breast   /brɛst/   Listen
noun
Breast  n.  
1.
The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
2.
Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat. "My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother."
3.
Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. "Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest."
4.
(Mining)
(a)
The face of a coal working.
(b)
The front of a furnace.
5.
The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. "He has a loyal breast."
6.
The power of singing; a musical voice; so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. (Obs.) "By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast."
Breast drill, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work.
Breast pang. See Angina pectoris, under Angina.
To make a clean breast, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.



Breast, Brest  n.  (Arch.) A torus. (Obs.)



verb
Breast  v. t.  (past & past part. breasted; pres. part. breasting)  To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. "The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer."
To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.






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... but have peacefully fortified themselves in their new homes by the adoption of republican institutions for themselves, furnishing another example of the truth that self-government is inherent in the American breast and must prevail. It is due to them that they should be embraced and protected by our laws. It is deemed important that our laws regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes east of the Rocky Mountains should be extended to such tribes ...
— State of the Union Addresses of James Polk • James Polk

... Oofty-Oofty, holding the end of a bandage and looking upon the scene, his velvety and luminous eyes glistening in the light like a deer's eyes, and yet I knew the barbaric devil that lurked in his breast and belied all the softness and tenderness, almost womanly, of his face and form. And I noticed the boyish face of Harrison,—a good face once, but now a demon's,—convulsed with passion as he told the new-comers ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London

... hand, and clasped it to his breast. How wildly his heart beat under my touch! I trembled from head to foot,—but I said, in a cold voice, "You are a ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, Issue 15, January, 1859 • Various

... untoward revelations of the Citoyenne might cost him his own head. The next act in this Aeschylean drama is described by the believers in the legend in the following words: "Tallien drew Theresia's dagger from his breast and flashed it in the sunlight as though to nerve himself for the desperate business that confronted him. 'This,' he cried passionately, 'will be my final argument,' and looking about him to make sure he was alone he raised the blade to ...
— Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 • Evelyn Baring

... beside the bed and looked at the dead, peaked features, as if they expected something else to happen. Wishful to rouse within themselves a sense of horror and pity, they watched Novikoff intently as he closed the dead man's eyes and crossed his hands on his breast. Then they went out quietly and cautiously. In the passages lamps were now lighted, and all seemed so familiar and simple that every one breathed more freely. The priest went first, tripping along with short steps. Desiring to say a few words of consolation to the young ...
— Sanine • Michael Artzibashef


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