ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial. [f. brit, dial. form of BRITE v. + -ED1.] Of grain, hops, etc.: Shattered by over-ripeness.

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a. 1722.  Lisle, Husb. (1752), 108. Soon, if the ground be wet, britted corn will grow.

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1850.  Bravendar, in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., XI. I. 167. The loss of the britted beans.

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