This word is widely understood as a pleasant zephyr; but among seamen it is usually applied as synonymous with wind in general, whether weak or strong.
·vi To blow gently. II. Breeze ·noun ·Alt. of Breeze fly. III. Breeze ·noun A light, gentle wind; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormen...
·- a strong breeze. ...
A shifting wind blowing from sea and land alternately at certain hours, and sensibly only near the c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
One so gentle that the sail alternately swells and collapses. ...
A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...
A current of air which, in the temperate zones, and still more within the tropics, regularly sets fr...
When all the flying kites may be pleasantly carried. ...
A wind from the sea towards the land. In tropical climates (and sometimes during summer in the tempe...
One in which a ship may carry a press of sail, when a little more would endanger the spars. ...
That which reduces a ship to double-reefed top-sails, jib, and spanker. ...
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row. ...