BRESTS, or Brefici, the capital of the palatine of Brefici, and of Polesia, in Poland, seated on the river Bog, 80 miles east of Warsaw, and subject to Poland. It is a fortified town, and has a castle built upon a rock. Here is a famous synagogue, resorted to by the Jews from all the countries in Europe. E. Long. 24. O. N. Lat. 41. 35.