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for breasted
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Breasting.]
To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose
manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
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The court breasted the popular current by sustaining
the demurrer. --Wirt.
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To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so
as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Breasted \Breast"ed\, a.
Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying
words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a
single-breasted coat.
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The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave
officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
breasted
adj 1: having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used
chiefly in compounds; "small-breasted"; "red-breasted
sandpiper" [ant: breastless]
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