Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Breasting \Breast"ing\, n. (Mach.)
The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is
closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a
quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the
water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See
Breast wheel.
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