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bri|zbra'z|ës np (Zool) bovoidea bri'|zë nf 1 sheep's horn used to hackle flax 2 (Bot) quaking grass (Briza) 3 (Optics) cornea bri|z|o'·n vt 1 to hackle [flax], separate [flax fibers] from the hards 2 to separate an undesired from a desired part: peel, shell, clean