Definition of "brit"
- verb
- To break in pieces; divide. 
- To bruise; indent. 
- To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain). 
- To fade away; alter. 
- noun
- One of the young of herrings, sprats etc. 
- One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales. 
- Brit milah. 
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