Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BREEZE
BREEZE, n.1 [Sax. briosa, from its sound resembling a breeze.]
A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species, but the most noted is the Bovinus, great horse-fly, whose mouth is armed with two hooks, which penetrate the akin of an animal, while with a proboscis, like a sting, it sucks the blood.
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