Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(of champagne) extremely dry;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Birt \Birt\ (b[~e]rt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf.
Bret, Burt.] (Zool.)
A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt,
bret, or brut.] [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brut \Brut\, v. i. [F. brouter, OF. brouster. See Browse, n.]
To browse. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brut \Brut\, n. (Zool.)
See Birt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
brut \brut\ (br[=oo]t), a. [Fr. lit. rough.]
very dry; -- used of wine or champagne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brut
adj 1: (of champagne) extremely dry