English Dictionary: barricaded | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. 5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. 6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. 7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. 8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. 9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. 10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. 11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest. 12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. 13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode. 14. (Arch.) (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. {Bar shoe} (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. {Bar shot}, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. {Bar sinister} (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See {Baton}. {Bar tracery} (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. {Blank bar} (Law). See {Blank}. {Case at bar} (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. {In bar of}, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent. {Matter in bar}, or {Defence in bar}, a plea which is a final defense in an action. {Plea in bar}, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely. {Trial at bar} (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court. | |
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Bar91sthesiometer \Bar`[91]s*the`si*om"e*ter\, Baresthesiometer \Bar`es*the`si*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + [91]sthesiometer.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- {Bar`[91]s*the`si*o*met"ric}, {Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric}, a. | |
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Bar91sthesiometer \Bar`[91]s*the`si*om"e*ter\, Baresthesiometer \Bar`es*the`si*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + [91]sthesiometer.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- {Bar`[91]s*the`si*o*met"ric}, {Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric}, a. | |
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Bar91sthesiometer \Bar`[91]s*the`si*om"e*ter\, Baresthesiometer \Bar`es*the`si*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + [91]sthesiometer.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- {Bar`[91]s*the`si*o*met"ric}, {Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric}, a. | |
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Bar91sthesiometer \Bar`[91]s*the`si*om"e*ter\, Baresthesiometer \Bar`es*the`si*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + [91]sthesiometer.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- {Bar`[91]s*the`si*o*met"ric}, {Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric}, a. | |
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Bard \Bard\, n. [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. b[94]rkr, LG. & HG. borke.] 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. {Bark bed}. See {Bark stove} (below). {Bark pit}, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. {Bark stove} (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat. | |
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Bark \Bark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t., 3. 4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut. | |
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Barouchet \Ba`rou*chet"\, n. A kind of light barouche. | |
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Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouata \Bar`ra*cou"ata\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus {Sphyr[91]na}, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[91]na spet} (or {S. vulgaris}); a southern species is {S. picuda}; the Californian is {S. argentea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun}). | |
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Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, n. [Native name.] Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus {Sphyr[91]na} and family {Sphyr[91]nid[91]}. The great barracuda ({S. barracuda}) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. {S. Argentea} of the Pacific coast and {S. sphyr[91]na} of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. | |
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Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouata \Bar`ra*cou"ata\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus {Sphyr[91]na}, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[91]na spet} (or {S. vulgaris}); a southern species is {S. picuda}; the Californian is {S. argentea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun}). | |
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Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, n. [F. barricade, fr. Sp. barricada, orig. a barring up with casks; fr. barrica cask, perh. fr. LL. barra bar. See {Bar}, n., and cf. {Barrel}, n.] 1. (Mil.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access. 2. Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense. Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. --Derham. | |
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Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barricaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barricading}.] [Cf. F. barricader. See {Barricade}, n.] To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris. The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. --Hakluyt. | |
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Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barricaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barricading}.] [Cf. F. barricader. See {Barricade}, n.] To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris. The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. --Hakluyt. | |
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Barricader \Bar`ri*cad"er\, n. One who constructs barricades. | |
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Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barricaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barricading}.] [Cf. F. barricader. See {Barricade}, n.] To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris. The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. --Hakluyt. | |
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Barricado \Bar`ri*ca"do\, n. & v. t. See {Barricade}. --Shak. | |
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Barrister \Bar"ris*ter\, n. [From {Bar}, n.] Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See {Attorney}. [Eng.] | |
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Barrowist \Bar"row*ist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953. | |
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Bear \Bear\, n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[84]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[94]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. [?] beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. Note: The European brown bear ({U. arctos}), the white polar bear ({U. maritimus}), the grizzly bear ({U. horribilis}), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear ({U. Americanus}), the Syrian bear ({Ursus Syriacus}), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear. 3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the {Great Bear} and the {Lesser Bear}, or {Ursa Major} and {Ursa Minor}. 4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person. 5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of tossing up. 6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine. 7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck. {Australian bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Koala}. {Bear baiting}, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. {Bear caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus {Euprepia}. {Bear garden}. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. --M. Arnold. {Bear leader}, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels. | |
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Bear State \Bear State\ Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests. | |
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Berstle \Bers"tle\, n. See {Bristle}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Berycoid \Ber"y*coid\ (b[ecr]r"[icr]*koid), a. [NL. {beryx}, the name of the typical genus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Berycid[91]}, a family of marine fishes. | |
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Bewrought \Be*wrought"\, a. [Pref. be- + wrought, p. p. of work, v. t. ] Embroidered. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Birch \Birch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Birched} (b[etil]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Birching}.] To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog. | |
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Birectangular \Bi`rec*tan"gu*lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + rectangular.] Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle. | |
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Birostrate \Bi*ros`trate\, Birostrated \Bi*ros"tra*ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. --Ed. Encyc. | |
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Birostrate \Bi*ros`trate\, Birostrated \Bi*ros"tra*ted\, a. [Pref. bi- + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. --Ed. Encyc. | |
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Borachte \Bo*rach"te\, n. [Sp. borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. borra a lamb.] A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [Obs.] You're an absolute borachio. --Congreve. | |
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Boracite \Bo"ra*cite\, n. (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Boroughhead \Bor"ough*head`\, n. See {Headborough}. [Obs.] | |
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Headborough \Head"bor*ough\, Headborrow \Head"bor*row\ n. 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also {borsholder}, {boroughhead}, {boroughholder}, and sometimes {tithingman}. See {Borsholder}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] | |
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Boroughhead \Bor"ough*head`\, n. See {Headborough}. [Obs.] | |
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Headborough \Head"bor*ough\, Headborrow \Head"bor*row\ n. 1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also {borsholder}, {boroughhead}, {boroughholder}, and sometimes {tithingman}. See {Borsholder}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] | |
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Breste \Bres"te\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Brast}; p. p. {Brusten}, {Borsten}, {Bursten}.] To burst. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Braccate \Brac"cate\, a.[L. bracatus wearing breeches, fr. bracae breeches.] (Zo[94]l.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet. | |
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Brace \Brace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracing}.] 1. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. 2. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. And welcome war to brace her drums. --Campbell. 3. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. --Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. --Sir W. Scott. 4. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. --Fairfax. 5. (Naut.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. {To brace about} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) round for the contrary tack. {To brace a yard} (Naut.), to move it horizontally by means of a brace. {To brace in} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by hauling in the weather brace. {To brace one's self}, to call up one's energies. [bd]He braced himself for an effort which he was little able to make.[b8] --J. D. Forbes. {To brace to} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by checking or easing off the lee brace, and hauling in the weather one, to assist in tacking. {To brace up} (Naut.), to bring (a yard) nearer the direction of the keel by hauling in the lee brace. {To brace up sharp} (Naut.), to turn (a yard) as far forward as the rigging will permit. | |
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Brachiate \Brach"i*ate\, a. [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.] (Bot.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. | |
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Brachydiagonal \Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. diagonal.] Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. {Brachydiagonal axis}, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. | |
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Brachydiagonal \Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal\, n. The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism. | |
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Brachydiagonal \Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. diagonal.] Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. {Brachydiagonal axis}, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. | |
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Brachydome \Brach`y*dome\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + E. dome.] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See {Dome}. | |
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Brachytypous \Brach"y*ty`pous\, a. [Gr. [?] short + [?] stamp, form.] (Min.) Of a short form. | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object). | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, n. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called {fork}. | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bracketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracketing}] To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf.OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr.L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. Note: This is the more general word. See {Brace}, {Cantalever}, {Console}, {Corbel}, {Strut}. 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also {crotchet}. 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. {Bracket light}, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf.OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr.L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. Note: This is the more general word. See {Brace}, {Cantalever}, {Console}, {Corbel}, {Strut}. 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also {crotchet}. 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. {Bracket light}, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bracketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracketing}] To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. | |
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Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bracketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracketing}] To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. | |
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Bracketing \Brack"et*ing\, n. (Arch.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively. | |
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Bract \Bract\, n. [See {Bractea}.] (Bot.) (a) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises. (b) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower. Note: Bracts are often inconspicuous, but sometimes large and showy, or highly colored, as in many cactaceous plants. The spathes of aroid plants are conspicuous forms of bracts. | |
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Bracteal \Brac"te*al\, a. [Cf.F. bract[82]al.] Having the nature or appearance of a bract. | |
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Bracteate \Brac"te*ate\, a. [Cf.L. bracteatus covered with gold plate.] (Bot.) Having a bract or bracts. | |
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Bracted \Bract"ed\, a. (Bot.) Furnished with bracts. | |
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Bracteolate \Brac"te*o*late\, a. (Bot.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets. | |
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Bracteole \Brac"te*ole\, n. [L. bracteola, dim. of bractea. See {Bractea}.] (Bot.) Same as {Bractlet}. | |
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Bractless \Bract"less\, a. (Bot.) Destitute of bracts. | |
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Bractlet \Bract"let\, n. [Bract + -let] (Bot.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. --Gray. | |
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Braggadocio \Brag`ga*do"cio\, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's [bd]Fa[89]rie Queene.[b8]] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. --Dryden. 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. | |
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Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. [?]{95}.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. | |
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Bragget \Brag"get\, n. [OE. braket, bragot, fr. W. bragawd, bragod, fr. brag malt.] A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Brassets \Bras"sets\, n. See {Brassart}. | |
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Breste \Bres"te\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Brast}; p. p. {Brusten}, {Borsten}, {Bursten}.] To burst. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Brast \Brast\, v. t. & i. [See {Burst}.] To burst. [Obs.] And both his y[89]n braste out of his face. --Chaucer. Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. --Spenser. | |
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Braze \Braze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazing}.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. {Brass}.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe. 2. To harden. [bd]Now I am brazes to it.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Breach \Breach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaching}.] To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. | |
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Breakdown \Break"down`\, n. 1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. 2. (a) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down. (b) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time. [U.S.] Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up with. --New Eng. Tales. | |
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Breakwater \Break"wa`ter\, n. Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence. | |
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Brest \Brest\, Breast \Breast\, n. (Arch.) A torus. [Obs.] | |
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Breast \Breast\ (br[ecr]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[a2]st; akin to Icel. brj[omac]st, Sw. br[94]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse. 2. Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. --Cant. viii. 1. 3. Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest. --Milton. 4. (Mining) (a) The face of a coal working. (b) The front of a furnace. 5. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. --Shak. 6. The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.] By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. --Shak. {Breast drill}, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. {Breast pang}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. {To make a clean breast}, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession. | |
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Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.{Breasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breasting}.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. | |
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Drill \Drill\, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx cinerea}. {Bow drill}, {Breast drill}. See under {Bow}, {Breast}. {Cotter drill}, [or] {Traverse drill}, a machine tool for drilling slots. {Diamond drill}. See under {Diamond}. {Drill jig}. See under {Jig}. {Drill pin}, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. {Drill sergeant} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. {Vertical drill}, a drill press. | |
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Breast \Breast\ (br[ecr]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[a2]st; akin to Icel. brj[omac]st, Sw. br[94]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse. 2. Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. --Cant. viii. 1. 3. Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest. --Milton. 4. (Mining) (a) The face of a coal working. (b) The front of a furnace. 5. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. --Shak. 6. The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.] By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. --Shak. {Breast drill}, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. {Breast pang}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. {To make a clean breast}, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession. | |
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d8Angina \[d8]An*gi"na\, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See {Anger}, n.] (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. {Angina pectoris}, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also {breast pang}, {spasm of the chest}. | |
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Breast \Breast\ (br[ecr]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[a2]st; akin to Icel. brj[omac]st, Sw. br[94]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse. 2. Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. --Cant. viii. 1. 3. Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest. --Milton. 4. (Mining) (a) The face of a coal working. (b) The front of a furnace. 5. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. --Shak. 6. The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.] By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. --Shak. {Breast drill}, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. {Breast pang}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. {To make a clean breast}, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession. | |
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d8Angina \[d8]An*gi"na\, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See {Anger}, n.] (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. {Angina pectoris}, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also {breast pang}, {spasm of the chest}. | |
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Breast \Breast\ (br[ecr]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[a2]st; akin to Icel. brj[omac]st, Sw. br[94]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse. 2. Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. --Cant. viii. 1. 3. Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest. --Milton. 4. (Mining) (a) The face of a coal working. (b) The front of a furnace. 5. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. --Shak. 6. The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.] By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. --Shak. {Breast drill}, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. {Breast pang}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. {To make a clean breast}, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession. | |
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Water wheel \Wa"ter wheel`\ 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom, a {breast wheel} when at an intermediate point; other forms are called {reaction wheel}, {vortex wheel}, {turbine wheel}, etc. 2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. 3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like. | |
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Breastband \Breast"band`\ (-b[acr]nd`), n. A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding. | |
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Breastbeam \Breast"beam`\ (br[ecr]st"b[emac]m`), n. (Mach.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive. | |
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Breastbone \Breast"bone`\ (br[ecr]st"b[omac]n`), n. The bone of the breast; the sternum. | |
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Breast-deep \Breast"-deep`\ (br[ecr]st"d[emac]p`), a. Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. Set him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. --Shak. | |
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Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.{Breasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breasting}.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. | |
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Breasted \Breast"ed\, a. Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat. The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator. | |
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Breastfast \Breast"fast`\, n. (Naut.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel. | |
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Breastheight \Breast"height`\, n. The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing. | |
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Breast-high \Breast"-high`\, a. High as the breast. | |
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Breasthook \Breast"hook`\, n. (Naut.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side. --Totten. | |
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Breasting \Breast"ing\, n. (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See {Breast wheel}. | |
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Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.{Breasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breasting}.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. | |
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Breastknot \Breast"knot`\ (br[ecr]st"n[ocr]t), n. A knot of ribbons worn on the breast. --Addison. | |
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Breastpin \Breast"pin`\ (br[ecr]st"p[icr]n`), n. A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch. | |
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Breastplate \Breast"plate`\, n. 1. A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor. Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. --Swift. 2. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool. 3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. --Ash. 4. (Jewish Antiq.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See {Ephod}. | |
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Breastplow \Breast"plow`\, Breastplough \Breast"plough`\, n. A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf. | |
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Breastplow \Breast"plow`\, Breastplough \Breast"plough`\, n. A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf. | |
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Breastrail \Breast"rail`\ (-r[amac]l`), n. The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc. | |
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Breastrope \Breast"rope`\ (br[ecr]st"r[omac]p`), n. See {Breastband}. | |
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Breastsummer \Breast"sum`mer\, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Written also {brestsummer} and {bressummer}.] | |
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Breastwheel \Breast"wheel`\ (br[ecr]st" hw[emac]l`), n. A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight. | |
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Breastwork \Breast"work`\ (br[ecr]st"w[ucir]rk`), n. 1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material. 2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle. | |
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Brecciated \Brec"ci*a`ted\, a. Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance. The brecciated appearance of many specimens [of meteorites]. --H. A. Newton. | |
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Breech \Breech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breeching}.] 1. To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. --Macaulay. 2. To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. --Shak. 3. To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun. 4. To whip on the breech. [Obs.] Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. --Old Play. 5. To fasten with breeching. | |
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Brequet chain \Breq"uet chain`\ A watch-guard. | |
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Brest \Brest\, 3d sing.pr. for Bursteth. [Obs.] | |
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Brest \Brest\, Breast \Breast\, n. (Arch.) A torus. [Obs.] | |
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Breste \Bres"te\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Brast}; p. p. {Brusten}, {Borsten}, {Bursten}.] To burst. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Brestsummer \Brest"sum`mer\, n. See {Breastsummer}. | |
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Breastsummer \Breast"sum`mer\, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Written also {brestsummer} and {bressummer}.] | |
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Brestsummer \Brest"sum`mer\, n. See {Breastsummer}. | |
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Breastsummer \Breast"sum`mer\, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Written also {brestsummer} and {bressummer}.] | |
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Brewsterite \Brews"ter*ite\, n. [Named after Sir David Brewster.] A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia. | |
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Brick \Brick\, n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[be]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. --Layard. 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. --Weale. 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] [bd]He 's a dear little brick.[b8] --Thackeray. {To have a brick in one's hat}, to be drunk. [Slang] Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red. {Brick clay}, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick dust}, dust of pounded or broken bricks. {Brick earth}, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick loaf}, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. {Brick nogging} (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. {Brick tea}, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams. {Brick trimmer} (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. {Brick trowel}. See {Trowel}. {Brick works}, a place where bricks are made. {Bath brick}. See under {Bath}, a city. {Pressed brick}, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. | |
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Brick \Brick\, n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[be]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. --Layard. 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. --Weale. 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] [bd]He 's a dear little brick.[b8] --Thackeray. {To have a brick in one's hat}, to be drunk. [Slang] Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red. {Brick clay}, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick dust}, dust of pounded or broken bricks. {Brick earth}, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick loaf}, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. {Brick nogging} (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. {Brick tea}, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams. {Brick trimmer} (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. {Brick trowel}. See {Trowel}. {Brick works}, a place where bricks are made. {Bath brick}. See under {Bath}, a city. {Pressed brick}, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. | |
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Brick \Brick\, n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[be]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. --Layard. 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. --Weale. 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] [bd]He 's a dear little brick.[b8] --Thackeray. {To have a brick in one's hat}, to be drunk. [Slang] Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red. {Brick clay}, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick dust}, dust of pounded or broken bricks. {Brick earth}, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick loaf}, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. {Brick nogging} (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. {Brick tea}, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams. {Brick trimmer} (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. {Brick trowel}. See {Trowel}. {Brick works}, a place where bricks are made. {Bath brick}. See under {Bath}, a city. {Pressed brick}, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. | |
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Brick \Brick\, n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[be]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. --Layard. 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. --Weale. 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] [bd]He 's a dear little brick.[b8] --Thackeray. {To have a brick in one's hat}, to be drunk. [Slang] Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red. {Brick clay}, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick dust}, dust of pounded or broken bricks. {Brick earth}, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. {Brick loaf}, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. {Brick nogging} (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. {Brick tea}, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams. {Brick trimmer} (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. {Brick trowel}. See {Trowel}. {Brick works}, a place where bricks are made. {Bath brick}. See under {Bath}, a city. {Pressed brick}, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks. | |
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Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bricking}.] 1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. 2. To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. {To brick up}, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick. | |
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Brisk \Brisk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Bricked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bricking}.] To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up. | |
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Brigade \Bri*gade"\, n. [F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See {Brigand}.] 1. (Mil.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general. Note: Two or more brigades constitute a division, commanded by a major general; two or more divisions constitute an army corps, or corps d'arm[82]e. [U.S.] 2. Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. {Brigade inspector}, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. {Brigade major}, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties. | |
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Brigade \Bri*gade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brigaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brigading}.] (Mil.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades. | |
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Brigade \Bri*gade"\, n. [F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See {Brigand}.] 1. (Mil.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general. Note: Two or more brigades constitute a division, commanded by a major general; two or more divisions constitute an army corps, or corps d'arm[82]e. [U.S.] 2. Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. {Brigade inspector}, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. {Brigade major}, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties. | |
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Brigade \Bri*gade"\, n. [F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See {Brigand}.] 1. (Mil.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general. Note: Two or more brigades constitute a division, commanded by a major general; two or more divisions constitute an army corps, or corps d'arm[82]e. [U.S.] 2. Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. {Brigade inspector}, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. {Brigade major}, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties. | |
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Brigade \Bri*gade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brigaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brigading}.] (Mil.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades. | |
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Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr. brigade.] (Mil.) An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a {brigadier}. | |
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Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr. brigade.] (Mil.) An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a {brigadier}. | |
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Brigade \Bri*gade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brigaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brigading}.] (Mil.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades. | |
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Bright \Bright\, a. [OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. ba[a1]rhts. [root]94.] 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. The sun was bright o'erhead. --Longfellow. The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. --Drake. The public places were as bright as at noonday. --Macaulay. 2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent. From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. --Thomson. 3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky. --Parnell. 4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. 5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak. 6. Illustrious; glorious. In the brightest annals of a female reign. --Cotton. 7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. --I. Watts. 8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. --Pope. Note: Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued. Syn: Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny. | |
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Bright \Bright\, v. i. See {Brite}, v. i. | |
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Bright \Bright\, n. Splendor; brightness. [Poetic] Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. --Milton. | |
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Bright \Bright\, adv. Brightly. --Chaucer. I say it is the moon that shines so bright. --Shak. | |
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Brite \Brite\, Bright \Bright\, v. t. To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Brighten \Bright"en\, v. i. [AS. beorhtan.] To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. And night shall brighten into day. --N. Cotton. And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere world be past. --Goldsmith. | |
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Brighten \Bright"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brightening}.] Note: [From {Bright}, a.] 1. To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to. 2. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. --Swift. 3. To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. --Philips. 4. To make acute or witty; to enliven. --Johnson. | |
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Brighten \Bright"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brightening}.] Note: [From {Bright}, a.] 1. To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to. 2. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. --Swift. 3. To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. --Philips. 4. To make acute or witty; to enliven. --Johnson. | |
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Brighten \Bright"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brightening}.] Note: [From {Bright}, a.] 1. To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to. 2. To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. --Swift. 3. To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. --Philips. 4. To make acute or witty; to enliven. --Johnson. | |
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Bright-harnessed \Bright"-har`nessed\, a. Having glittering armor. [Poetic] --Milton. | |
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Brightly \Bright"ly\, adv. 1. Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor. 2. With lively intelligence; intelligently. Looking brightly into the mother's face. --Hawthorne. | |
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Brightness \Bright"ness\, n. [AS. beorhines. See {Bright}.] 1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. A sudden brightness in his face appear. --Crabbe. 2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him. --Prior. Syn: Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy; effulgence; glory; clearness. | |
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Bright's disease \Bright's" dis*ease"\ [From Dr. Bright of London, who first described it.] (Med.) An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process. | |
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Brightsome \Bright"some\, a. Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [R.] --Marlowe. | |
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Briquette \Bri*quette"\, n. [Also {briquet}.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel. | |
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Briquette \Bri*quette"\, n. [Also {briquet}.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel. | |
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Brisket \Bris"ket\, n. [OE. bruskette, OF. bruschet, F. br[82]chet, brichet; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brysced the breast of a slain animal, brisket, Corn. vrys breast, Armor. brusk, bruched, the front of the chest, Gael. brisgein the cartilaginous part of a bone.] That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest. Note: [See Illust. of {Beef}.] | |
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Bristle \Bris"tle\ (br[icr]s"s'l), n. [OE. bristel, brustel, AS. bristl, byrst; akin to D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bh[rsdot]shti edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. 'a`flaston stern of a ship, and E. brush, burr, perh. to brad. [root]96.] 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. 2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. --Gray. | |
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Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. | |
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Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. --Thackeray. Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay. 3. To show defiance or indignation. {To bristle up}, to show anger or defiance. | |
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Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. | |
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Bristle-pointed \Bris"tle-point`ed\, a. (Bot.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves. | |
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Bristle-shaped \Bris"tle-shaped`\, a. Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. | |
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Bristletail \Bris"tle*tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the genera {Lepisma}, {Campodea}, etc., belonging to the Thysanura. | |
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Bristliness \Bris"tli*ness\, n. The quality or state of having bristles. | |
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Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. | |
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Bristly \Bris"tly\, a. Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. --Bacon. | |
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Bristol \Bris"tol\, n. A seaport city in the west of England. {Bristol board}, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. {Bristol brick}, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. {Bristol stone}, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called {Bristol diamond}. | |
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Bristol \Bris"tol\, n. A seaport city in the west of England. {Bristol board}, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. {Bristol brick}, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. {Bristol stone}, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called {Bristol diamond}. | |
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Bristol \Bris"tol\, n. A seaport city in the west of England. {Bristol board}, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. {Bristol brick}, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. {Bristol stone}, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called {Bristol diamond}. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Bristol \Bris"tol\, n. A seaport city in the west of England. {Bristol board}, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. {Bristol brick}, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. {Bristol stone}, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called {Bristol diamond}. | |
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Bristol \Bris"tol\, n. A seaport city in the west of England. {Bristol board}, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. {Bristol brick}, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. {Bristol stone}, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called {Bristol diamond}. | |
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Broach \Broach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Broaching}.] [F. brocher, fr. broche. See {Broach}, n.] 1. To spit; to pierce as with a spit. I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point. --Shak. 2. To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood. Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast. --Shak. 3. To open for the first time, as stores. You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores. --Knolles. 4. To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. Those very opinions themselves had broached. --Swift. 5. To cause to begin or break out. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. (Masonry) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool. [Scot. & North of Eng.] 7. To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach. {To broach to} (Naut.), to incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting. | |
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Brocade \Bro*cade"\, n. [Sp. brocado (cf. It. broccato, F. brocart), fr. LL. brocare *prick, to figure (textile fabrics), to emboss (linen), to stitch. See {Broach}.] Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched. A gala suit of faded brocade. --W. Irving. | |
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Brocaded \Bro*cad"ed\, a. 1. Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc. Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. --Gay. 2. Dressed in brocade. | |
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Brocatel \Bro"ca*tel\, n. [F. brocatelle, fr. It. brocatello: cf. Sp. brocatel. See {Brocade}.] 1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc. 2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality. | |
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Brocatello \Bro`ca*tel"lo\, n. Same as {Brocatel}. | |
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Brocket \Brock"et\ (br[ocr]k"[ecr]t), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called {brock}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small South American deer, of several species ({Coassus superciliaris}, {C. rufus}, and {C. auritus}). | |
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Rainbow \Rain"bow`\, n. [AS. regenboga, akin to G. regenbogen. See {Rain}, and {Bow} anything bent,] A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain. Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow, which is formed by two refractions and one reflection, there is also another often seen exterior to it, called the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in the reverse order from those of the latter. {Lunar rainbow}, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the moon. {Marine rainbow}, [or] {Sea bow}, a similar bow seen in the spray of waves at sea. {Rainbow trout} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmoirideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now extensively introduced into the Eastern States. Japan, and other countries; -- called also {brook trout}, {mountain trout}, and {golden trout}. {Rainbow wrasse}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Wrasse}. {Supernumerary rainbow}, a smaller bow, usually of red and green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them. | |
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Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brooking}.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br[?]can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr[?]hhan, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br[?]ka, Goth. br[?]kjan, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. {Fruit}, {Broker}.] 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. --Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay. 3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins. | |
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Brookite \Brook"ite\, n. [Named from the English mineralogist, H. J. Brooke.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. | |
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Brookside \Brook"side`\, n. The bank of a brook. | |
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Brookweed \Brook"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A small white-flowered herb ({Samolus Valerandi}) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel. | |
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Bring \Bring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. --1 Kings xvii. 11. To France shall we convey you safe, And bring you back. --Shak. 2. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to. There is nothing will bring you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may. --Bacon. 3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct. In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it some part of the oil of vitriol. --Sir I. Newton. 4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide. It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do not easily bring themselves to it. --Locke. The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is brought to reflect on them. --Locke. 5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton? {To bring about}, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish. {To bring back}. (a) To recall. (b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner. {To bring by the lee} (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting. {To bring down}. (a) To cause to come down. (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks. {To bring down the house}, to cause tremendous applause. [Colloq.] {To bring forth}. (a) To produce, as young fruit. (b) To bring to light; to make manifest. {To bring forward} (a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view. (b) To hasten; to promote; to forward. (c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments. {To bring home}. (a) To bring to one's house. (b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of treason. (c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal experience. (d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor. {To bring in}. (a) To fetch from without; to import. (b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly. (c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a report. (d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a specified object. (e) To produce, as income. (f) To induce to join. {To bring off}, to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape. {To bring on}. (a) To cause to begin. (b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a disease. {To bring one on one's way}, to accompany, guide, or attend one. {To bring out}, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment. {To bring over}. (a) To fetch or bear across. (b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to change sides or an opinion. {To bring to}. (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person. (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to lie to). (c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her course. (d) To apply a rope to the capstan. {To bring to light}, to disclose; to discover; to make clear; to reveal. {To bring a sail to} (Naut.), to bend it to the yard. {To bring to pass}, to accomplish to effect. [bd]Trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.[b8] --Ps. xxxvii. 5. {To bring under}, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience. {To bring up}. (a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate. (b) To cause to stop suddenly. (c) Note: [v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun] To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill. [Colloq.] {To bring up (any one) with a round turn}, to cause (any one) to stop abruptly. [Colloq.] {To be brought to bed}. See under {Bed}. Syn: To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import; procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce. | |
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Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.] 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak. 2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. --Tennyson. | |
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Browsewood \Browse"wood`\, n. Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse. | |
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Brucite \Bru"cite\, n. [Named after Dr. A. Bruce of New York.] (Min.) (a) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate. (b) The mineral chondrodite. [R.] | |
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Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised} (br[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br[ymac]san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[d3]n. Cf. {Break}, v. t.] 1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall. 2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. --Shak. Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse. | |
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Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia ({Talegalla Lathami}) of the family {Megapodid[91]}. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. Note: The brush turkeys live in the [bd]brush,[b8] and construct a common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel) deposited in it by the females of the flock. | |
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Brush \Brush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brushing}.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See {Brush}, n.] 1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. [bd]A' brushes his hat o' mornings.[b8] --Shak. 2. To touch in passing, or to pass lightly over, as with a brush. Some spread their sailes, some with strong oars sweep The waters smooth, and brush the buxom wave. --Fairfax. Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. --Milton. 3. To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed With raven's feather from unwholesome fen. --Shak. And from the boughts brush off the evil dew. --Milton. {To brush aside}, to remove from one's way, as with a brush. {To brush away}, to remove, as with a brush or brushing motion. {To brush up}, to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew. You have commissioned me to paint your shop, and I have done my best to brush you up like your neighbors. --Pope. | |
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Brushite \Brush"ite\, n. [From George J. Brush, an American mineralogist.] (Min.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium. | |
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d8Tapoa tafa \[d8]Ta*po"a ta"fa\ (Zo[94]l.) A small carnivorous marsupial ({Phascogale penicillata}) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also {brush-tailed phascogale}. | |
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Brushwood \Brush"wood\, n. 1. Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs. 2. Small branches of trees cut off. | |
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Breste \Bres"te\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Brast}; p. p. {Brusten}, {Borsten}, {Bursten}.] To burst. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Brustle \Brus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.] --Gower. 2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.] {To brustle up}, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway. | |
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Brustle \Brus"tle\, n. A bristle. [Obs. or Prov.] --Chaucer. | |
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Brustle \Brus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.] --Gower. 2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.] {To brustle up}, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway. | |
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Brustle \Brus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.] --Gower. 2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.] {To brustle up}, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway. | |
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Buhrstone \Buhr"stone`\, n. [OE. bur a whetstone for scythes.] (Min.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written also {burrstone}.] | |
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Burgoo \Bur"goo\, n. [Prov. E. burgood yeast, perh. fr. W. burym yeast + cawl cabbage, gruel.] A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen. [Written also {burgout}.] | |
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Burke \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. 2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. --C. Reade. | |
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Burrstone \Burr"stone`\, n. See {Buhrstone}. | |
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Buhrstone \Buhr"stone`\, n. [OE. bur a whetstone for scythes.] (Min.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written also {burrstone}.] | |
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Burrstone \Burr"stone`\, n. See {Buhrstone}. | |
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Buhrstone \Buhr"stone`\, n. [OE. bur a whetstone for scythes.] (Min.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written also {burrstone}.] | |
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Burst \Burst\ (b[ucir]rst), v. t. 1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. --Shak. 2. To break. [Obs.] You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? --Shak. He burst his lance against the sand below. --Fairfax (Tasso). 3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall. {Bursting charge}. See under {Charge}. | |
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Burst \Burst\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[91]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta, Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. {Brast}, {Break}.] 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. --Shak. 2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc. Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton. And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. --Pope. A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out. --Shak. We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. --Coleridge. To burst upon him like an earthquake. --Goldsmith. | |
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Burst \Burst\, n. 1. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration. Bursts of fox-hunting melody. --W. Irving. 2. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed. 3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. [R.] [bd]A fine burst of country.[b8] --Jane Austen. 4. A rupture or hernia; a breach. | |
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Breste \Bres"te\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Brast}; p. p. {Brusten}, {Borsten}, {Bursten}.] To burst. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Bursten \Burst"en\, p. p. of {Burst}, v. i. [Obs.] | |
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Burster \Burst"er\ (b[ucir]rst"[etil]r), n. One that bursts. | |
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Burst \Burst\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[91]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta, Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. {Brast}, {Break}.] 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. --Shak. 2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc. Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton. And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. --Pope. A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out. --Shak. We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. --Coleridge. To burst upon him like an earthquake. --Goldsmith. | |
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Burst \Burst\ (b[ucir]rst), v. t. 1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. --Shak. 2. To break. [Obs.] You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? --Shak. He burst his lance against the sand below. --Fairfax (Tasso). 3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall. {Bursting charge}. See under {Charge}. | |
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Charge \Charge\, n. [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See {Charge}, v. t., and cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}.] 1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. 2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust. Note: The people of a parish or church are called the charge of the clergyman who is set over them. 3. Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty. 'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. --Shak. 4. Heed; care; anxiety; trouble. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Harm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. An order; a mandate or command; an injunction. The king gave cherge concerning Absalom. --2. Sam. xviii. 5. 7. An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy. 8. An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged. The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena. --Whewell. 9. Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural. 10. The price demanded for a thing or service. 11. An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book. 12. That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time 13. The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge. Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies. --Holland. The charge of the light brigade. --Tennyson. 14. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge. 15. (Far.) A soft of plaster or ointment. 16. (Her.) A bearing. See {Bearing}, n., 8. 17. [Cf. {Charre}.] Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also {charre}. 18. Weight; import; value. Many suchlike [bd]as's[b8] of great charge. --Shak. {Back charge}. See under {Back}, a. {Bursting charge}. (a (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting. {Charge and discharge} (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery. {Charge sheet}, the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations. {To sound the charge}, to give the signal for an attack. Syn: Care; custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost; price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command; order; mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment. | |
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Burstwort \Burst"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Herniaria glabra}) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. | |
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Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact. Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. --Prior. (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. --Dryden. 2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact. There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. --Coleridge. (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. Born free, he sought his right. --Dryden. Hast thou not right to all created things? --Milton. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority. 3. The right side; the side opposite to the left. Led her to the Souldan's right. --Spenser. 4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See {Center}, 5. 5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under {Bill}. {By right}, {By rights}, [or] {By good rights}, rightly; properly; correctly. He should himself use it by right. --Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right. --Shak. {Divine right}, [or] {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. {To rights}. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift. {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order. {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. --Blackstone. | |
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Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.] 1. That which is right or correct. Specifically: (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong. (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact. Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always in the right. --Prior. (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity. Long love to her has borne the faithful knight, And well deserved, had fortune done him right. --Dryden. 2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically: (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact. There are no rights whatever, without corresponding duties. --Coleridge. (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. Born free, he sought his right. --Dryden. Hast thou not right to all created things? --Milton. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority. 3. The right side; the side opposite to the left. Led her to the Souldan's right. --Spenser. 4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See {Center}, 5. 5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc. {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under {Bill}. {By right}, {By rights}, [or] {By good rights}, rightly; properly; correctly. He should himself use it by right. --Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right. --Shak. {Divine right}, [or] {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. {To rights}. (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward. (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift. {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order. {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner. --Blackstone. | |
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Barksdale, TX Zip code(s): 78828 | |
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Barksdale A F B, LA Zip code(s): 71110 | |
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Barrigada, GU (CDP, FIPS 17000) Location: 13.46158 N, 144.79469 E Population (1990): 3614 (845 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Barrigada Heights, GU (CDP, FIPS 18300) Location: 13.48770 N, 144.82337 E Population (1990): 1063 (265 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Barstow, CA (city, FIPS 4030) Location: 34.87761 N, 117.06587 W Population (1990): 21472 (8509 housing units) Area: 59.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92311 Barstow, TX (town, FIPS 5720) Location: 31.46136 N, 103.39496 W Population (1990): 535 (210 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79719 | |
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Bearsdale, IL Zip code(s): 62526 | |
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Bergton, VA Zip code(s): 22811 | |
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Birch Tree, MO (city, FIPS 5734) Location: 36.99162 N, 91.49241 W Population (1990): 599 (285 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65438 | |
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Birchdale, MN Zip code(s): 56629 | |
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Birchwood, TN Zip code(s): 37308 Birchwood, WI (village, FIPS 7550) Location: 45.65710 N, 91.55216 W Population (1990): 443 (252 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54817 | |
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Birchwood Village, MN (city, FIPS 6058) Location: 45.05997 N, 92.97771 W Population (1990): 1042 (376 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Bowerston, OH (village, FIPS 7916) Location: 40.42674 N, 81.18770 W Population (1990): 343 (147 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44695 | |
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Brackettville, TX (city, FIPS 9868) Location: 29.31777 N, 100.41036 W Population (1990): 1740 (748 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78832 | |
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Bragg City, MO (town, FIPS 7876) Location: 36.26842 N, 89.91150 W Population (1990): 117 (48 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63827 | |
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Brasstown, NC Zip code(s): 28902 | |
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Braxton, MS (village, FIPS 8460) Location: 32.02465 N, 89.97223 W Population (1990): 141 (71 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39044 | |
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Braxton County, WV (county, FIPS 7) Location: 38.70328 N, 80.73128 W Population (1990): 12998 (5708 housing units) Area: 1330.0 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water) | |
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Breezewood, PA Zip code(s): 15533 | |
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Brewster, KS (city, FIPS 8425) Location: 39.36288 N, 101.37745 W Population (1990): 296 (145 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67732 Brewster, MA (CDP, FIPS 7945) Location: 41.76156 N, 70.08269 W Population (1990): 1818 (1867 housing units) Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02631 Brewster, MN (city, FIPS 7660) Location: 43.69620 N, 95.46476 W Population (1990): 532 (219 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56119 Brewster, NE (village, FIPS 6260) Location: 41.93837 N, 99.86509 W Population (1990): 22 (23 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68821 Brewster, NY (village, FIPS 8070) Location: 41.39682 N, 73.61510 W Population (1990): 1566 (781 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10509 Brewster, OH (village, FIPS 8504) Location: 40.71266 N, 81.60070 W Population (1990): 2307 (883 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44613 Brewster, WA (city, FIPS 7835) Location: 48.10280 N, 119.77957 W Population (1990): 1633 (621 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98812 | |
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Brewster County, TX (county, FIPS 43) Location: 29.80705 N, 103.24571 W Population (1990): 8681 (4486 housing units) Area: 16040.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
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Brewster Hill, NY (CDP, FIPS 8092) Location: 41.42378 N, 73.60484 W Population (1990): 2226 (734 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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Brick Township, NJ (CDP, FIPS 7520) Location: 40.05752 N, 74.11001 W Population (1990): 66473 (28843 housing units) Area: 68.1 sq km (land), 15.7 sq km (water) | |
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Briggsdale, CO Zip code(s): 80611 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bright, IN (CDP, FIPS 7624) Location: 39.20265 N, 84.85758 W Population (1990): 3945 (1244 housing units) Area: 37.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bright Shade, KY Zip code(s): 40962 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brighton, AL (city, FIPS 9400) Location: 33.43885 N, 86.94547 W Population (1990): 4518 (1735 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Brighton, CO (city, FIPS 8675) Location: 39.95798 N, 104.79481 W Population (1990): 14203 (5321 housing units) Area: 38.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Brighton, IA (city, FIPS 8470) Location: 41.17427 N, 91.82063 W Population (1990): 684 (291 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52540 Brighton, IL (village, FIPS 8264) Location: 39.04026 N, 90.13897 W Population (1990): 2270 (789 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62012 Brighton, MA Zip code(s): 02135 Brighton, MI (city, FIPS 10620) Location: 42.53011 N, 83.78481 W Population (1990): 5686 (2509 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48116 Brighton, MO Zip code(s): 65617 Brighton, NY (CDP, FIPS 8257) Location: 43.11859 N, 77.58439 W Population (1990): 34455 (16068 housing units) Area: 40.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Brighton, TN (town, FIPS 8500) Location: 35.47980 N, 89.73903 W Population (1990): 717 (301 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38011 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brightwaters, NY (village, FIPS 8323) Location: 40.71801 N, 73.26590 W Population (1990): 3265 (1150 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11718 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brightwood, OR Zip code(s): 97011 Brightwood, VA Zip code(s): 22715 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bristol, CO Zip code(s): 81028 Bristol, CT (city, FIPS 8420) Location: 41.68120 N, 72.94102 W Population (1990): 60640 (24989 housing units) Area: 68.7 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06010 Bristol, FL (city, FIPS 8600) Location: 30.42026 N, 84.97894 W Population (1990): 937 (421 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32321 Bristol, GA Zip code(s): 31518 Bristol, IL Zip code(s): 60512 Bristol, IN (town, FIPS 7750) Location: 41.72095 N, 85.81941 W Population (1990): 1133 (510 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46507 Bristol, ME Zip code(s): 04539 Bristol, NH (CDP, FIPS 7620) Location: 43.60046 N, 71.74544 W Population (1990): 1483 (945 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03222 Bristol, PA (borough, FIPS 8760) Location: 40.10165 N, 74.85315 W Population (1990): 10405 (4137 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Bristol, RI (CDP, FIPS 9460) Location: 41.67775 N, 71.27432 W Population (1990): 21625 (7959 housing units) Area: 26.2 sq km (land), 27.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02809 Bristol, SD (city, FIPS 7300) Location: 45.34665 N, 97.74896 W Population (1990): 419 (208 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bristol, TN (city, FIPS 8540) Location: 36.56779 N, 82.19736 W Population (1990): 23421 (10403 housing units) Area: 54.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37620 Bristol, VA (city, FIPS 520) Location: 36.61322 N, 82.16810 W Population (1990): 18426 (8174 housing units) Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bristol, VA (city, FIPS 9816) Location: 36.61322 N, 82.16810 W Population (1990): 18426 (8174 housing units) Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24201 Bristol, VT (village, FIPS 8950) Location: 44.13654 N, 73.08093 W Population (1990): 1801 (720 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05443 Bristol, WI Zip code(s): 53104 Bristol, WV Zip code(s): 26332 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bristol Bay, AK (Borough, FIPS 60) Location: 58.74462 N, 156.98810 W Population (1990): 1410 (596 housing units) Area: 1344.8 sq km (land), 1031.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bristol County, MA (county, FIPS 5) Location: 41.75330 N, 71.09090 W Population (1990): 506325 (201235 housing units) Area: 1440.1 sq km (land), 350.2 sq km (water) Bristol County, RI (county, FIPS 1) Location: 41.70455 N, 71.28380 W Population (1990): 48859 (18567 housing units) Area: 63.9 sq km (land), 51.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bristolville, OH Zip code(s): 44402 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bristow, IA (city, FIPS 8560) Location: 42.77354 N, 92.90673 W Population (1990): 197 (98 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50611 Bristow, NE (village, FIPS 6400) Location: 42.83990 N, 98.58365 W Population (1990): 107 (55 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68719 Bristow, OK (city, FIPS 8900) Location: 35.83328 N, 96.39397 W Population (1990): 4062 (2009 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74010 Bristow, VA Zip code(s): 22013 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brocket, ND (city, FIPS 9700) Location: 48.21119 N, 98.35624 W Population (1990): 81 (43 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58321 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brockton, MA (city, FIPS 9000) Location: 42.08113 N, 71.02549 W Population (1990): 92788 (35376 housing units) Area: 55.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02401, 02402 Brockton, MT (town, FIPS 10000) Location: 48.14910 N, 104.91360 W Population (1990): 365 (99 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59213 Brockton, PA Zip code(s): 17925 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brocton, IL (village, FIPS 8524) Location: 39.71615 N, 87.93308 W Population (1990): 322 (160 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61917 Brocton, NY (village, FIPS 8488) Location: 42.38919 N, 79.44227 W Population (1990): 1387 (574 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14716 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brogden, NC (CDP, FIPS 8110) Location: 35.29664 N, 78.02531 W Population (1990): 3246 (1154 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookdale, SC (CDP, FIPS 9527) Location: 33.51543 N, 80.83503 W Population (1990): 5339 (2134 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookside, AL (town, FIPS 9736) Location: 33.63193 N, 86.91474 W Population (1990): 1365 (560 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Brookside, CO (town, FIPS 9115) Location: 38.41351 N, 105.19148 W Population (1990): 183 (76 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Brookside, DE (CDP, FIPS 9850) Location: 39.66783 N, 75.71592 W Population (1990): 15307 (5601 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Brookside, OH (village, FIPS 9316) Location: 40.07115 N, 80.76179 W Population (1990): 703 (310 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookside Village, TX (city, FIPS 10648) Location: 29.58944 N, 95.31628 W Population (1990): 1470 (506 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookston, IN (town, FIPS 8146) Location: 40.60017 N, 86.86578 W Population (1990): 1804 (684 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47923 Brookston, MN (city, FIPS 8056) Location: 46.86600 N, 92.60324 W Population (1990): 107 (40 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55711 Brookston, TX Zip code(s): 75421 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookton, ME Zip code(s): 04413 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brooktondale, NY Zip code(s): 14817 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brookwood, AL (town, FIPS 9808) Location: 33.24718 N, 87.32391 W Population (1990): 658 (211 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35444 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Broughton, IL (village, FIPS 8875) Location: 37.93408 N, 88.46136 W Population (1990): 218 (108 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62817 Broughton, OH (village, FIPS 9386) Location: 41.08792 N, 84.53595 W Population (1990): 151 (49 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Broxton, GA (city, FIPS 11504) Location: 31.62379 N, 82.88689 W Population (1990): 1211 (461 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31519 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bruceton, TN (town, FIPS 8960) Location: 36.03441 N, 88.24710 W Population (1990): 1586 (699 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38317 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bruceton Mills, WV (town, FIPS 10852) Location: 39.65951 N, 79.64101 W Population (1990): 132 (65 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26525 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brusett, MT Zip code(s): 59318 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Brushton, NY (village, FIPS 10286) Location: 44.83087 N, 74.51294 W Population (1990): 522 (229 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12916 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Buras-Triumph, LA (CDP, FIPS 11020) Location: 29.34211 N, 89.49646 W Population (1990): 3702 (1467 housing units) Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 5.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burgettstown, PA (borough, FIPS 10224) Location: 40.38119 N, 80.39224 W Population (1990): 1634 (739 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burket, IN (town, FIPS 9226) Location: 41.15440 N, 85.96916 W Population (1990): 200 (72 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burkett, TX Zip code(s): 76828 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burkettsville, OH (village, FIPS 10296) Location: 40.35291 N, 84.64249 W Population (1990): 268 (95 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Burkittsville, MD (town, FIPS 11400) Location: 39.39136 N, 77.62739 W Population (1990): 194 (74 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21718 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
broket /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n. [rare; by analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the characters `<' and `>', when used as paired enclosing delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of the phrase `broken bracket', that is, a bracket that is bent in the middle. (At MIT, and apparently in the {Real World} as well, these are usually called {angle brackets}.) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
burst page n. Syn. {banner}, sense 1. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bar code varying widths, groups of which represent decimal digits and are used for identifying commercial products or parts. Bar codes are read by a bar code reader and the code interpreted either through {software} or a {hardware} decoder. All products sold in open trade are numbered and bar-coded to a worldwide standard, which was introduced in the US in 1973 and to the rest of the world in 1977. The Uniform Code Council in the US, along with the international article numbering authority, EAN International, allocate blocks of unique 12 or 13-digit numbers to member companies through a national numbering authority. In Britain this is the Article Number Association. Most companies are allocated 100,000 numbers that they can use to identify any of their products, services or locations. Each code typically contains a leading "quiet" zone, start character, data character, optional {check digit}, stop character and a trailing quiet zone. The check digit is used to verify that the number has been scanned correctly. The quiet zone could be white, red or yellow if viewed by a red scanner. Bar code readers usually use visible red light with a wavelength between 632.8 and 680 nanometres. [Details of code?] (1997-07-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bracket bracket}. Often used loosely for {parentheses}, {square brackets}, {braces}, {angle brackets}, or any other kind of unequal paired {delimiters}. (1996-09-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bracket abstraction of some variable. The result of using bracket abstraction on T with respect to variable v, written as [v]T, is a term containing no occurrences of v and denoting a function f such that f v = T. This defines the function f = (\ v . T). Using bracket abstraction and {currying} we can define a language without {bound variable}s in which the only operation is {monadic} function application. See {combinator}. (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
brightness "lightness") The coordinate in the {HSB} {colour model} that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colours. The other coordinates are {hue} and {saturation}. (1999-07-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
broket Either of the characters "<" or ">" when used as paired enclosing {delimiters} ({angle brackets}). [{Jargon File}] (1997-07-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Burst EDO {Burst Extended Data Out DRAM} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Burst Extended Data Out DRAM read or write cycles are batched in bursts of four. The bursts wrap around on a four byte boundary which means that only the two least significant bits of the {CAS} address are modified internally to produce each address of the burst sequence. Consequently, burst EDO bus speeds will range from 40MHz to 66MHz, well above the 33MHz bus speeds that can be accomplished using {Fast Page Mode} or EDO DRAM. Burst EDO was introduced sometime before May 1995. (1996-06-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
burst page {banner} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Burst Static Random Access Memory {Level 2 cache} memory. [How does it work?] (1998-02-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Breastplate (1.) That piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. This word is used figuratively in Eph. 6:14 and Isa. 59:17. (See {ARMOUR}.) (2.) An ornament covering the breast of the high priest, first mentioned in Ex. 25:7. It was made of embroidered cloth, set with four rows of precious stones, three in each row. On each stone was engraved the name of one of the twelve tribes (Ex. 28:15-29; 39:8-21). It was in size about ten inches square. The two upper corners were fastened to the ephod by blue ribbons. It was not to be "loosed from the ephod" (Ex. 28:28). The lower corners were fastened to the girdle of the priest. As it reminded the priest of his representative character, it was called the memorial (28:29). It was also called the breastplate of judgment (28:15). (See {PRIEST}.) |