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† ˈbrendice Obs. rare—1.
[a. It. bríndesi, bríndisi, ‘a drinking or health to one’ (Florio); according to Diez perverted (by popular etymology) from Ger. bring dir's, i.e. ich bringe dir's zu; whence also Fr. brinde: see Littré. Cf. brince, brinch v.]
A cup in which a person's health is drunk, a bumper.
1673Dryden Amboyna i. i, I go to fill a Brendice to my Noble Captain's Health. |