different between browis vs brewis

English

Etymology

Old French broez, brouez, brouets plural of broet, brouet (French brouet ‘gruel’), from breu, from *brodittum, a diminutive of vulgar Latin *brodum, from Germanic *brod ‘sauce’ (English broth).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?u??s/

Noun

browis

1. (obsolete or dialectal) brewis

References

• 1995, Octavia Randolph, The Circle of Ceridwen, Pyewacket Press. 1st ed. 1995, electronic ed. 2014. In Glossary

English

Etymology

Old French broez, brouez, brouets plural of broet, brouet (French brouet ‘gruel’), from breu, from *brodittum, a diminutive of vulgar Latin *brodum, from Germanic *brod ‘sauce’ (English broth).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?u??s/

Noun

brewis (plural brewises)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) a kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
   • 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 5

     […] an hundred dishes of poultry besides other birds and brewises, fritters and cooling marinades.

Derived terms

• fish and brewis