\Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
to roar, rush.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[ae]}, noted
for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They
are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
also {breese} and {brize}.]

\Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp.
briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast
wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa,
north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
         Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
   excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
   produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
{Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
   night.
{Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the
   daytime, from the sea.

\Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See
{Brasier}.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning
   charcoal.
2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used
   in the burning of bricks.

\Breeze\, v. i.
To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow.
{To breeze up} (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.