brewis

UK: /ˈbruːɪs/ US: (bro̅o̅′is, bro̅o̅z)

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brew•is  (bro̅o̅′is, bro̅o̅z), n. [Newfoundland.]

1. British Terms hard bread soaked in water and then boiled.
2. British Terms such bread, with pieces of fish added, served as a meal.

• Old High German brod broth) + -et -et
• Old French broez (nominative), broet (accusative), equivalent. to bro (
• 1520–30; earlier brewz, brewes, apparently blend of, blended bree broth, juice (Middle English bre, Old English *brēo, variant of brīw; compare brei) and browes, Middle English broys broth, soup

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brewis / ˈbruːɪs/, brevis / ˈbrɛvɪs/ noun

1. bread soaked in broth, gravy, etc
2. thickened broth
3. / bruːz/ a Newfoundland stew of cod or pork, hardtack, and potatoes

Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French broez, from broet, diminutive of breu broth