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Webster 1913 Edition
Brisket
Bris′ket
,Noun.
[OE.
bruskette
, OF. bruschet
, F. bréchet
, brichet
; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brysced
the breast of a slain animal, brisket, Corn. vrys
breast, Armor. brusk
, bruched
, the front of the chest, Gael. brisgein
the cartilaginous part of a bone.] That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest.
[See Illust. of
Beef
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Brisket
BRISK'ET
,Noun.