Do we say bree or brie

bree 13 occurrences

Chorus: We are na fou, we're nae that fou, But just a drappie in our e'e; The cock may craw, the day may daw, And ay we'll taste the barley bree!

Bree, liquor.

But the extraordinary circumstance is, that of the offspring produced at one and the same birth, such as, like the mother, were entirely white, were, like her, invariably deaf; while those that had the least speck of colour on their fur, as invariably possessed the usual faculty of hearing" W. T. Bree, Allersley Rectory, near Coventry.

The Bree for his Excellencie and the Heeres That love him not.

Brougham has had questions put to him by Martin Bree, which he has answered satisfactorily to the venereal doctor.

Borachos Bossed Bottom, Brass, coinage of Braule Braunched Braves Bree Broad cloth, exportation of Brond Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted Browne-bastard Build a sconce.

the barley bree: and yet never, even on this beloved theme, has she risen again to the height of Burns's bacchanalian songs.

O I hae scarce to lay me on, If kingly fields were ance my ain; Wi' the moor-cock on the mountain-bree, But hardship na'er can daunton me.

BEL BREE, wide-awake country girl in The Other Girls, by A.D.T. Whitney.

The Rev. Mr. Bree once had a whole collection of lepidopterous insects utterly spoiled from having been deposited in cedar drawers; and he has understood, also, that the insects in the British Museum, collected, he believes, chiefly by Dr. Leach, have been greatly injured from the same cause.

wring't, an' we wring't, an' we wring't, an' the bree o't washes a' the lave o' our prayers.

'O, nanae at a'deevil thank it; a gravesteen wad gie guid bree gin ye gied it plenty

'A gravesteen wad gie guid bree gin ye gied it plenty o' butter.'

brie 28 occurrences

But the King was compelled to promise to invest his brother with Champagne and Brie.

There was hard fighting on September 7 between Lagny and Meaux, on the Trilport and Crecy-en-Brie line, the Germans under General von Kluck being compelled to give way and retire on Meaux, at which point their resistance was broken on the 9th.

There was a sharp cheddar, Havarti, Brie, a salsa, an avocado dip, baby carrots, and various kinds of chips.

I have a family of friends at Voulangis, about two miles the other side of Crecy-en-Brie.

They say that they go as far as Crecy-en-Brie, and used to connect the royal palace there with one on this hill.

In their dialect they call Montpellier, which is to them what Paris is to the peasants of the Brie, 'Lou Clapas'literally, a heap of stones.

A dim little shop and shabby, modestly tucked away in the shadows of the Rue Brie.

Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigny was the son of Jean d'Aubigny, Seigneur de Brie, in Xaintonge, and of Catherine de Lestang, and was born on the 8th of February 1550.

Brie Johnston (A); 20Sep76; R641873. R641874.

Brie Johnston (A); 20Sep76; R641873. R641874.

The wife of the mayor is the directress, the doctor from Crécy-en-Brie cares for the soldiers, with the assistance of Soeur Jules and Soeur Marie, who had charge of the town dispensary, and four girls of the Red Cross Society living in the commune.

The little square in front of our railway station at Couilly is full of grey cannon and ammunition wagons, and there are military kitchens and all sorts of commissary wagons along all the roadsides between here and Crécy-en-Brie, which is the distributing headquarters for all sorts of material.

The Duke of Burgundy merely engaged to use his influence with Prince Charles of France to induce him to be content with Brie and Champagne as appanage.

" The king was hunting at Brie.

This form was signed by the nobility of Champagne and Brie, a province of which Henry de Guise was governor, and on the 25th of July, 1568, the bishop and clergy of Troyes signed it likewise.

Everywhere ruffians of sinister appearance mingled with the mob, exciting its passions and urging it to acts of violence: the same men, such as are only seen in troublous days, were at the same time scouring Brie, Soissonnais, Vexin, and Upper Normandy; already barns had been burned and wheat thrown into the river; sacks of flour were ripped to pieces before the king's eyes, at Versailles.

Her maternal grandfather was the eminent engraver, Theodore de Bry or Brie.

" Duncan went to fetch Wildney, and while he was gone, Brie was thinking why he didn't give Vernon the free run of his study.

" "Very well, then," said Duncan, good-humoredly, "what's the matter, Eric?" "Matter?" answered Brie, pacing up and down the little room with an angry to-and-fro like a caged wild beast, and kicking everything which came in his way.

"Eric, did you know I was caught to-night at the dinner?" "You!" said Brie, with a start and a deep blush.

So, urging our poor old nags, we trudged along the sun-baked roads between the high grown wheat fields of the Brie country.

Still another couple of hours and we had reached Choisy-en-Brie, found a stable for our animals, and we ourselves stretched out on our blankets beneath the friendly shadow of the big stone church.

There was only one living scion of this family which had once been so numerous that it had occupied all the territories of the Ile-de-France and La Brie.

in 1285; by his marriage with Joanna of Navarre added Navarre, Champagne, and Brie to his realm; but the sturdy valour of the Flemish burghers at Courtrai on the "Day of Spurs" prevented the annexation of Flanders; his fame rests on his struggle and victory over the papal power; a tax on the clergy was condemned by Boniface VIII.

Compare: "Madame Thibaut est un petit Pérou pour Monsieur de la Brie."

Do we say   bree   or  brie