Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Breasting.]
   To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose
   manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
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         The court breasted the popular current by sustaining
         the demurrer.                            --Wirt.
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   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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	Breasted \Breast"ed\, a.
   Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying
   words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a
   single-breasted coat.
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         The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave
         officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator.
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	breasted
    adj 1: having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used
           chiefly in compounds; "small-breasted"; "red-breasted
           sandpiper" [ant: breastless]