brit

brit definitions

• One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales. 

• brit milah 

• One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc. 

• To break in pieces; divide. 

• To bruise; indent. 

• To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain). 

• To fade away; alter.