biel-brief

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• biel

  a shelter. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Brief

  ·adv Soon; quickly. II. Brief ·adj Short in duration. III. Brief ·adj Rife; common; prevalent. IV...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• brief

  Rife; common; prevalent. This word is much used by the uneducated in the interior of New England, wh...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Sea brief

  ·- ·same·as Sea letter. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• sea-brief

  A specification of the nature and quantity of the cargo of a ship, the place whence it comes, and it...

  The Sailor's Word-Book