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v. Present participle of breast.

n. The curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.

n. The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See breast wheel.

n. In machinery, the curved channel in which a breast-wheel turns.

n. The bed against which the wheel of a ragengine works.

n. A method of deer-hunting in which several horsemen ride abreast through the cover and shoot from the saddle.

n. Same as breast-stoping.

"Twice, after tortuous effort, squirming and twisting, he failed in breasting the big trunk, and on the third attempt, after infinite exertion, he cleared it only to topple helplessly forward and fall on his face in the tangled undergrowth."

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