The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breste \Bres"te\, v. t. & i. [imp. Brast; p. p. Brusten,
Borsten, Bursten.]
To burst. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Brast \Brast\, v. t. & i. [See Burst.] To burst. [Obs.]
And both his y["e]n braste out of his face.
--Chaucer.
Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic English) (en-simple past of: burst)
Usage examples of "brast".
That left about ten feet or so of slack, and he made sure Brast and Cole grasped it tightly.
Turning and reaching past Cole, Larssen backhanded Brast sharply across the face.
Larssen cried out, firing as he stumbled backward, while Brast stood in terror, feet rooted to the ground, his arms clawing at the darkness.
Larssen staggered backward again, tugging at Brast while at the same time struggling to get his gun back up.
Larssen savagely shoved him away while trying to raise the shotgun, but Brast was all over him again, sobbing, clutching at him like a drowning man.
Larssen fired again, but he had hesitated too long and the shape was rising toward them, and all he could do was turn and flee down the dank tunnel, Brast yelling incoherently and blindly at his back.
The ceiling dropped still farther, and there was an ugly noise, followed by a desperate curse, as Brast hit his head against it.
Then he untied the rope from around his waist and dropped one end back down to Brast and hissed for him to climb up.
But Brast had turned and risen with the match in his hand, and was now looking behind Larssen, his face slackening with fear.
But Brast was already gone, into the abyss, the burning match that had been in his hand dancing and flickering on an updraft before winking out.
Hogg stepped forward and gave the handwritten note to the man whose name was either Brast or Grast, depending on how the light struck the pin on his left breast pocket.
Daniel had considered thanking Brast, but that would just get the fellow into worse trouble.
Commandant Brast at the Squadron Pool and order him to offer Commander Leary and his companions every facility.
For I do think that by me and thee and such a head of men of Demonland as we shall then command Owlswick gates may be brast open and Corsus plucked out of Owlswick like a whilk out of his shell.
Your puissant knights did hurtle to the attack, did brast their spears on the oafish defenders who didst flee in panic, did thus free the prisoners.