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brize

Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo["o]l.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid[ae], noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also breese and brize.]

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brize

n. The breezefly.

Usage examples of "brize".

When we got to London, I would go to Brize Norton, and from there I'd get an R.

After three weeks it was time to go to Brize Norton to be para-trained.

The way of, life in Brize Norton was even easier than it had been on the basic parachuting course.

In the UK we had to jump on a DZ and from there get transport back to Brize Norton.

The squadron would be flying from Brize Norton to Kenya, because that was not an unusual troop movement.

When we got to London, I would go to Brize Norton, and from there I'd get an R.

The squadron would be flying from Brize Norton to Kenya, because that was not an unusual troop movement.

We loaded our kit into cars and drove up to the top end of the camp where transports were waiting to take us to Brize Norton.

Parachute training at Brize Norton was next, and after the rigors of Selection it was more like a month at Butlins.

He made it sound as if he had the power to summon a private jet there and then to whisk me back to Brize Norton.

We flew into Brize Norton, and as the aircraft closed down its engines, we could hear the familiar sound of our own 5Agusta 109 helicopters coming in to land.

Parachute training at Brize Norton was next, and after the rigors of Selection it was more like a month at Butlins.

He made it sound as if he had the power to summon a private jet there and then to whisk me back to Brize Norton.

Most of the officers standing waiting, shuffling their feet on the tarmac at Brize Norton, thought themselves lucky if they got the occasional use of a staff car.

Within four hours I was going to be lying in a sleeping bag on top of some crates of military equipment stuffed into an RAF Tristar, leaving RAF Brize Norton, near Oxford, for Fort Campbell in Kentucky, where a Jock infantry battalion was having a joint exercise with the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles.