Obs. rare–1. [a. It. bríndesi, bríndisi, ‘a drinking or health to one’ (Florio); according to Diez perverted (by popular etymology) from Ger. bring dir’s, i.e., ich bringe dir’s zu; whence also Fr. brinde: see Littré. Cf. BRINCE, BRINCH v.] A cup in which a person’s health is drunk, a bumper.
1673. Dryden, Amboyna, I. i. I go to fill a Brendice to my Noble Captain’s Health.
