Obs. exc. in Sc. or north dial. [cf. next.] A sprout, shoot; in mod. Sc. ‘the first appearance of grain above ground, after it is sown’ (Jamieson).
c. 1320. Cast. Love, 123. Blosme on bouȝ and breer on rys.
1808. Jamieson, s.v. A fine breer, an abundant germination.
