breeze¹ v Cp SMYTH 133 breezing up 'the gale freshening'; DAE ~ : to breeze up (1752-). Of the wind, to increase in force markedly; to freshen to gale force; esp in phr breeze up.
   [1832] 1981 Them Days vi (4), p. 34 The wind breezing up to the eastward he was obligd to go in to Fox Berry. 1888 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 17 Made an early start with all our gear in order to get up the lake before it came on to blow, which we just succeeded in accomplishing when the wind breezed up again. 1932 BARBOUR 10 The wind began to breeze up very fast from the south. 1960 FUDGE 14 It was breezing from the southeast and spitting snow, barometer was dropping fast and all indication of a bad storm. T 50/1-64 The wind was breezin' up all the time. By and by it struck heavy. T 169-652 The wind was breezing to the southeast, and a big lop. 1977 Nfld Qtly Winter, p. 21 'I'll keep it on her until she blows level with the deck.' And, boy, she breezed up, and she breezed up, but when we weathered Grand Bank it was blowing.

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