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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.{Breasted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Breasting}.]
To meet with the breast; to struggle with or oppose
manfully; as to breast the storm or waves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breasting \Breast"ing\, n. (Mach.)
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}.
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