braize

A European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.

Noun alt of, dated

  1. Dated form of braise (“meat cooked by braising”).
  2. Alternative spelling of braze (small charcoal for melting ore)
    • The fuel was wood, either alone or mixed with peat, or pure peat - as in the north of Lancashire - or mineral coal, but most frequently it was small charcoal, called braise or braize. - 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of...

Forms

braizes

Noun Entry 2

  1. A European marine fish, Pagrus pagrus, allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.

Origin

Unknown. Perhaps akin to English barse (“bass, perch”) and English bream.

Forms

braizes

Synonyms

braise brazier

Verb

  1. Dated form of braise.
    • braizing meat

Forms

braizes braizing braized