† brisern.
local.
(See quot. 1774.)
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1774 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) IV. 321 In the month of September, a slight ploughing and preparation is given to the field, destined for beans and parsnips the ensuing year. In this country, this work is called briser.
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n.1774- to have at an advantage
- to have at avail
- to have at etc reputation
- to have at feud
- to have at great reputation
- to have at heart
- to have at no reputation
- to have at one's beck
- to have at one's fingers' ends
- to have at one's fingers' or tongue's end
- to have at one's fingers'finger ends
- to have at stake
- to have away
- to have axes to grind
- to have bad mind for
- to have bats in the belfry
- to have beat
- to have been a begging
- to have been and gone
- to have been around
- to have been around the block
- to have been at the
- to have been in the sun
- to have been in the sunshine
- to have been in the wars