Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
   bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
   brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
   L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
   to roar, rush.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[ae]}, noted
   for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
   their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They
   are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
   name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
   also {breese} and {brize}.]