Baruch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

Bairiki
n 1: national capital of Kiribati [syn: {Tarawa}, {Bairiki}]

English Dictionary: Baruch	by the DICT Development Group
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Baraka n United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934) Synonym(s): Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones
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bare-ass adj (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare- assed}, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
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barge n a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) Synonym(s): barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter v push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" [syn: barge, thrust ahead, push forward] transport by barge on a body of water
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bargee n someone who operates a barge [syn: lighterman, bargeman, bargee]
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baric adj of or relating to or containing barium
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Barish n Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India Synonym(s): Bodo-Garo, Barish
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bark n tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants a noise resembling the bark of a dog a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts Synonym(s): bark, barque the sound made by a dog v speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" cover with bark remove the bark of a tree Synonym(s): bark, skin make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" tan (a skin) with bark tannins
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barky adj resembling the rough bark of a tree; "the rattlesnake's barky scales"
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baroque adj having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells Synonym(s): baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 Synonym(s): baroque, Baroque n the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe Synonym(s): Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century Synonym(s): baroque, baroqueness
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barouche n a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top
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barque n a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque]
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barrack n a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel v lodge in barracks spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" Synonym(s): cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" Synonym(s): jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
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barrage n the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" Synonym(s): barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" Synonym(s): barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling v address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" Synonym(s): bombard, barrage
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bars n gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights Synonym(s): parallel bars, bars
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Baruch n economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965) Synonym(s): Baruch, Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch Synonym(s): Baruch, Book of Baruch
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bear hug n a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
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bear oak n shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets Synonym(s): bear oak, Quercus ilicifolia
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bearish adj expecting prices to fall
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Bercy n butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley Synonym(s): Bercy, Bercy butter
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berg n a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier Synonym(s): iceberg, berg Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935) Synonym(s): Berg, Alban Berg
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berk n a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
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Bierce n United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn: Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce]
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birch adj consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn: birch, birchen, birken] n hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark Synonym(s): birch, birch tree a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch" Synonym(s): birch, birch rod v whip with a birch twig
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boorish adj ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" Synonym(s): boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
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borage n hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach Synonym(s): borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
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Borago n perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region [syn: Borago, genus Borago]
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borax n an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
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boreas n a wind that blows from the north [syn: north wind, northerly, norther, boreas] (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold"
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Borgia n Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458) Synonym(s): Calixtus III, Borgia, Alfonso Borgia Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519) Synonym(s): Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507) Synonym(s): Borgia, Cesare Borgia Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503) Synonym(s): Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI, Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia
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boric adj of or relating to or derived from or containing boron; "boric acid" Synonym(s): boric, boracic
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borough n one of the administrative divisions of a large city an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
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borsch n a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation Synonym(s): borsch, borsh, borscht, borsht, borshch, bortsch
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borsh n a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation Synonym(s): borsch, borsh, borscht, borsht, borshch, bortsch
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borzoi n tall fast-moving dog breed [syn: borzoi, {Russian wolfhound}]
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Bourse n the stock exchange in Paris
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brace n a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" two items of the same kind Synonym(s): couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad a set of two similar things considered as a unit Synonym(s): pair, brace either of two punctuation marks ( or ) used to enclose textual material a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) Synonym(s): brace, suspender, gallus an appliance that corrects dental irregularities Synonym(s): brace, braces, orthodontic braces a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring Synonym(s): brace, bitstock a structural member used to stiffen a framework Synonym(s): brace, bracing v prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult Synonym(s): brace, poise support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" Synonym(s): brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise support by bracing cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" Synonym(s): stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up Antonym(s): calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
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brag adj exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" Synonym(s): boss, brag n an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" Synonym(s): brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade v show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
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Braga n an ancient city in northern Portugal
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Brage n (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin Synonym(s): Bragi, Brage
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Bragg n Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876) Synonym(s): Bragg, Braxton Bragg
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braggy adj exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self- aggrandising]
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Bragi n (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin Synonym(s): Bragi, Brage
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braise v cook in liquid; "braise beef"
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brake n a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan Synonym(s): bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant anything that slows or hinders a process; "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending" v stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
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braky adj covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth Synonym(s): braky, brambly abounding with bracken; "the woods and braky glens"- William Browne
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Braque n French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963) Synonym(s): Braque, Georges Braque
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brash adj offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" Synonym(s): brash, cheeky, nervy
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brass n an alloy of copper and zinc a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece Synonym(s): brass, brass instrument the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" Synonym(s): administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" Synonym(s): boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek an ornament or utensil made of brass the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments Synonym(s): brass section, brass a memorial made of brass Synonym(s): brass, memorial tablet, plaque
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Brassia n genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids Synonym(s): Brassia, genus Brassia
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brassie n (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon
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brassy adj resembling the sound of a brass instrument [syn: brassy, brasslike] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" Synonym(s): brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell Synonym(s): audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
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braze v solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
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breach n a failure to perform some promised act or obligation an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonym(s): rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out v act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe make an opening or gap in Synonym(s): gap, breach
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break n some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" Synonym(s): interruption, break an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break" Synonym(s): break, good luck, happy chance (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" Synonym(s): fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonym(s): rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" Synonym(s): respite, recess, break, time out the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" Synonym(s): breakage, break, breaking a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Synonym(s): pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" Synonym(s): fracture, break the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice" the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set" Synonym(s): break, break of serve an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" Synonym(s): break, interruption, disruption, gap a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door" any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" Synonym(s): open frame, break an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" Synonym(s): break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking v terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" Synonym(s): interrupt, break become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" Synonym(s): break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" Synonym(s): break, bust Antonym(s): bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out-- this prison is high security" Synonym(s): break, break out, break away scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" Synonym(s): break, burst, erupt prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" Synonym(s): break, break off, discontinue, stop enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" Synonym(s): break in, break make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" Synonym(s): break in, break fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" Synonym(s): violate, go against, break Antonym(s): conform to surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" Synonym(s): better, break make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" Synonym(s): unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" Synonym(s): fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" Synonym(s): break, break away make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke" curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke" lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" Synonym(s): dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" give up; "break cigarette smoking" come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York" happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" Antonym(s): make invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken" discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" Synonym(s): separate, part, split up, split, break, break up assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" Synonym(s): demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs Antonym(s): advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" Synonym(s): bankrupt, ruin, break, smash change directions suddenly emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke" break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" Synonym(s): collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" Synonym(s): break dance, break-dance, break exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" Synonym(s): break, break up make the opening shot that scatters the balls separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers" go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" Synonym(s): break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" Synonym(s): break, break off, snap off become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke" pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin" be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" Synonym(s): break, get out, get around cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" Synonym(s): pause, intermit, break interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit" undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" find the solution or key to; "break the code" change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" Synonym(s): break, recrudesce, develop become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" Synonym(s): crack, check, break crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking --he should no longer sing in the choir" fall sharply; "stock prices broke" fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" Synonym(s): fracture, break diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night" weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near- death"
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break away v move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out --this prison is high security" Synonym(s): break, break out, break away break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" Synonym(s): chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" Synonym(s): break, break away withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" Synonym(s): secede, splinter, break away flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
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breakaway adj having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" Synonym(s): breakaway, fissiparous, separatist n the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood" Synonym(s): breakaway, breaking away
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breccia n a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand
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breech n opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded Synonym(s): breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube
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breeze n a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" Synonym(s): breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" Synonym(s): cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake v blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" to proceed quickly and easily
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breezy adj fresh and animated; "her breezy nature" abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff" Synonym(s): blowy, breezy, windy
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Breiz n a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay Synonym(s): Bretagne, Brittany, Breiz
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Brescia n an ancient Italian city in central Lombardy
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brewage n drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling Synonym(s): brew, brewage
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brick n rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
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brig n two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
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brioche n a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet
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Brioschi n an antacid
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Bris n the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life Synonym(s): Berith, Berit, Brith, Bris, Briss
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brisk adj quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" Synonym(s): alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" Synonym(s): bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic very active; "doing a brisk business" v become brisk; "business brisked up" [syn: brisk, {brisk up}, brisken]
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Briss n the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life Synonym(s): Berith, Berit, Brith, Bris, Briss
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broach n a decorative pin worn by women [syn: brooch, broach, breastpin] v bring up a topic for discussion Synonym(s): broach, initiate
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Broca n French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880) Synonym(s): Broca, Pierre- Paul Broca
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brogue n a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe]
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broke adj lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn: broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke]
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brooch n a decorative pin worn by women [syn: brooch, broach, breastpin] v fasten with or as if with a brooch Synonym(s): brooch, clasp
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brook n a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" Synonym(s): brook, creek v put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
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Brooke n English lyric poet (1887-1915) [syn: Brooke, {Rupert Brooke}]
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Brooks n United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963) Synonym(s): Brooks, Van Wyck Brooks
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browse n vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day" reading superficially or at random Synonym(s): browse, browsing the act of feeding by continual nibbling Synonym(s): browse, browsing v shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" Synonym(s): shop, browse feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" Synonym(s): crop, browse, graze, range, pasture look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" Synonym(s): browse, surf eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" Synonym(s): browse, graze
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Bruce n Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) Synonym(s): Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329) Synonym(s): Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I
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Bruch n German composer (1838-1920) Synonym(s): Bruch, Max Bruch
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bruise n an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration Synonym(s): bruise, contusion v injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" Synonym(s): bruise, contuse hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" Synonym(s): hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
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Brusa n a city in northwestern Turkey Synonym(s): Bursa, Brusa
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brush n a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket] an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle momentary contact Synonym(s): brush, light touch conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) a minor short-term fight Synonym(s): brush, clash, encounter, skirmish the act of brushing your teeth; "the dentist recommended two brushes a day" Synonym(s): brush, brushing the act of brushing your hair; "he gave his hair a quick brush" Synonym(s): brush, brushing contact with something dangerous or undesirable; "I had a brush with danger on my way to work"; "he tried to avoid any brushes with the police" v rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" clean with a brush; "She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet" sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" Synonym(s): brush, sweep remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" cover by brushing; "brush the bread with melted butter"
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brushy adj covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty Synonym(s): bosky, brushy
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brusk adj marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" Synonym(s): brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)
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brusque adj marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" Synonym(s): brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)
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Bryaceae n a family of acrocarpous mosses [syn: Bryaceae, {family Bryaceae}]
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Bryozoa n marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids Synonym(s): Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa
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bur oak n medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood Synonym(s): bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa
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burg n colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
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burgh n a borough in Scotland
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burgoo n porridge made of rolled oats Synonym(s): oatmeal, burgoo a gathering at which burgoo stew is served thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States
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Burk n United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) Synonym(s): Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane
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burka n a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa" Synonym(s): burqa, burka
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Burke n British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) Synonym(s): Burke, Edmund Burke United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) Synonym(s): Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane v murder without leaving a trace on the body get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
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burqa n a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa" Synonym(s): burqa, burka
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burr oak n medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood Synonym(s): bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa
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Bursa n a city in northwestern Turkey Synonym(s): Bursa, Brusa a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
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Butter \But"ter\ (b[ucr]t"t[etil]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`tyron; either fr. boy`s ox, cow + tyro`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf. {Cow}.] 1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. 2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. {Butter and eggs} (Bot.), a name given to several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as {Narcissus incomparabilis}, and in the United States to the toadflax ({Linaria vulgaris}). {Butter boat}, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. {Butter flower}, the buttercup, a yellow flower. {Butter print}, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also {butter stamp}. --Locke. {Butter tooth}, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. {Butter tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Bassia}, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the {B. butyracea}; that of Africa is the Shea tree ({B. Parkii}). See {Shea tree}. {Butter trier}, a tool used in sampling butter. {Butter wife}, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also {butter woman}. [Obs. or Archaic]
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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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Baraca \Ba*ra"ca\, n. An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in --2 Chron. xx. 26 and --1 Chron. xii.
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Barge \Barge\, n. [OF. barge, F. berge, fr. LL. barca, for barica (not found), prob. fr. L. baris an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. Egyptian: cf. Coptic bari a boat. Cf. {Bark} a vessel.] 1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated. 2. A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge. 3. A large boat used by flag officers. 4. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.] 5. A large omnibus used for excursions. [Local, U.S.]
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Bargee \Bar*gee"\, n. A bargeman. [Eng.]
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Baric \Bar"ic\ (b[acr]r"[icr]k), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide.
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Baric \Bar"ic\, a. [Gr. ba`ros weight.] (Physics) Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.
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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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Bark \Bark\, v. i. [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.] 1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs. 2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. --Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. --Fuller.
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Bark \Bark\, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
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Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See {Barge}.] 1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. --Byron. 2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
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Barky \Bark"y\, a. Covered with, or containing, bark. [bd]The barky fingers of the elm.[b8] --Shak.
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Baroko \Ba*ro"ko\, n. [A mnemonic word.] (Logic) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.
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Baroque \Ba*roque"\, a. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.
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Baroque \Ba*roque"\, a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
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Barouche \Ba*rouche"\, n. [G. barutsche, It. baroccio, biroccio, LL. barrotium, fr. L. birotus two-wheeled; bi=bis twice + rota wheel.] A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.
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Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See {Barge}.] 1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. --Byron. 2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
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Barque \Barque\, n. Same as 3d {Bark}, n.
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Barrack \Bar"rack\, v. i. To live or lodge in barracks.
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Barrack \Bar"rack\, n. [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See {Bar}, n.] 1. (Mil.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. --Gibbon. 2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]
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Barrack \Bar"rack\, v. t. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
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Barrage \Bar"rage\, n. [F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar.] (Engin.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
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d8Barrio \[d8]Bar"ri*o\, n.; pl. {Barrios}. [Sp.] In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward, or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs.
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott.
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Barse \Barse\, n. [AS. bears, b[91]rs, akin to D. baars, G. bars, barsch. Cf. 1st {Bass}, n.] The common perch. See 1st {Bass}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Barwise \Bar"wise`\, adv. (Her.) Horizontally.
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Bawhorse \Baw"horse`\, n. Same as {Bathorse}.
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Bearish \Bear"ish\, a. Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. --Harris.
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Beerhouse \Beer"house`\, n. A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
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Berg \Berg\, n. [[root]95. See {Barrow} hill, and cf. {Iceberg}.] A large mass or hill, as of ice. Glittering bergs of ice. --Tennyson.
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Bergh \Bergh\, n. [AS. beorg.] A hill. [Obs.]
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Honeyberry \Hon"ey*ber`ry\, n.; pl. {-berries}. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry ({Celtis australis}). (b) In the West Indies, the genip ({Melicocca bijuga}).
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Berry \Ber"ry\, n.; pl. {Berries}. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. b[84]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.] 1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc. 2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. 3. The coffee bean. 4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis. {In berry}, containing ova or spawn.
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Honeyberry \Hon"ey*ber`ry\, n.; pl. {-berries}. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry ({Celtis australis}). (b) In the West Indies, the genip ({Melicocca bijuga}).
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Berry \Ber"ry\, n.; pl. {Berries}. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. b[84]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.] 1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc. 2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. 3. The coffee bean. 4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis. {In berry}, containing ova or spawn.
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Bewreck \Be*wreck"\, v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]
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Bewreke \Be*wreke"\, v. t. [Pref. be- + wreak.] To wreak; to avenge. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners.
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Birch \Birch\, a. Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
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Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
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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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Birk \Birk\, n. [See {Birch}, n.] A birch tree. [Prov. Eng.] [bd]The silver birk.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Birk \Birk\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European minnow ({Leuciscus phoxinus}).
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Birkie \Bir"kie\, n. A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] --Burns.
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Birrus \Bir"rus\, n. [LL., fr. L. birrus a kind of cloak. See {Berretta}.] A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.
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Birse \Birse\, n. A bristle or bristles. [Scot.]
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Boarish \Boar"ish\, a. Swinish; brutal; cruel. In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. --Shak.
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Boorish \Boor"ish\, a. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- {Boor"ishly}, adv. -- {Boor"ishness}, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. --Milton.
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Borage \Bor"age\, n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. [?]), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
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Borax \Bo"rax\, n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b[?]rag, fr. Pers. b[?]rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. {Borax bead}. (Chem.) See {Bead}, n., 3.
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Boric \Bo"ric\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron. {Boric acid}, a white crystalline substance {B(OH)3}, easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany.
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Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [See {Borrow}.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. (b) The pledge or surety thus given. --Blackstone. Tomlins.
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Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. ba[a3]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill, mountain. [root]95. See {Bury}, v. t., and cf. {Burrow}, {Burg}, {Bury}, n., {Burgess}, {Iceberg}, {Borrow}, {Harbor}, {Hauberk}.] 1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. --Burrill. Erskine. 2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax. {Close borough}, [or] {Pocket borough}, a borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person. {Rotten borough}, a name given to any borough which, at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament.
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Borracho \Bor*rach"o\, n. See {Borachio}. [Obs.]
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Borrage \Bor"rage\, n., Borraginaceous \Borrag`ina"ceous\, a., etc. See {Borage}, n., etc.
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Bowery \Bow"er*y\, n.; pl. {Boweries}. [D. bouwerij.] A farm or plantation with its buildings. [U.S.Hist.] The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into [bd]villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing.[b8] --Bancroft.
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d8Brachium \[d8]Brach"i*um\, n.; pl. {Bracchia}. [L. brachium or bracchium, arm.] (Anat.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
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Brace \Brace\, n. [OF. brace, brasse, the two arms, embrace, fathom, F. brasse fathom, fr. L. bracchia the arms (stretched out), pl. of bracchium arm; cf. Gr. [?].] 1. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop. 2. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. --Derham. 3. The state of being braced or tight; tension. The laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension. --Holder. 4. (Arch. & Engin.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell. 5. (Print.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves. 6. (Naut.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. 7. (Mech.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. 8. A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt. [bd]A brace of greyhounds.[b8] --Shak. He is said to have shot . . . fifty brace of pheasants. --Addison. A brace of brethren, both bishops, both eminent for learning and religion, now appeared in the church. --Fuller. But you, my brace of lords. --Shak. 9. pl. Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. I embroidered for you a beautiful pair of braces. --Thackeray. 10. Harness; warlike preparation. [Obs.] For that it stands not in such warlike brace. --Shak. 11. Armor for the arm; vantbrace. 12. (Mining) The mouth of a shaft. [Cornwall] {Angle brace}. See under {Angle}.
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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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Brace \Brace\, v. i. To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up. [Colloq.]
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Brach \Brach\, n. [OE. brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache, [?] braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to smell.] A bitch of the hound kind. --Shak.
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Brack \Brack\, n. [D. brak, adj., salt; cf. LG. wrak refuse, G. brack.] Salt or brackish water. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Brack \Brack\ (br[acr]k), n. [Cf.D. braak, Dan. br[91]k, a breaking, Sw. & Icel. brak a crackling, creaking. Cf. {Breach}.] An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. --J. Fletcher.
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Bracky \Brack"y\, a. Brackish. --Drayton.
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Brag \Brag\, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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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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Brag \Brag\, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Brag \Brag\, n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. C[91]sar . . . made not here his brag Of [bd]came,[b8] and [bd]saw,[b8] and [bd]overcame.[b8] --Shak. 2. The thing which is boasted of. Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton. 3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield.
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Brag \Brag\, a. [See {Brag}, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Archaic] A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson.
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Braise \Braise\, Braize \Braize\, n. [So called from its iridescent colors.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris}) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written {brazier}.]
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Braise \Braise\, Braize \Braize\, n. [F.] 1. Charcoal powder; breeze. 2. (Cookery) Braised meat.
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Braise \Braise\, v. t. [F. braiser, fr. braise coals.] (Cookery) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan. A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below. --Mrs. Henderson.
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Braise \Braise\, Braize \Braize\, n. [So called from its iridescent colors.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris}) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written {brazier}.]
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Braise \Braise\, Braize \Braize\, n. [F.] 1. Charcoal powder; breeze. 2. (Cookery) Braised meat.
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Braize \Braize\ (br[amac]z), n. See {Braise}.
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. {Air brake}. See {Air brake}, in the Vocabulary. {Brake beam} [or] {Brake bar}, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. {Brake block}. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. {Brake shoe} or {Brake rubber}, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. {Brake wheel}, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. {Continuous brake} . See under {Continuous}.
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), imp. of {Break}. [Arhaic] --Tennyson.
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Brake \Brake\, n. [OE. brake fern; cf. AS. bracce fern, LG. brake willow bush, Da. bregne fern, G. brach fallow; prob. orig. the growth on rough, broken ground, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}, v. t., cf. {Bracken}, and 2d {Brake}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A fern of the genus {Pteris}, esp. the {P. aquilina}, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern. 2. A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes. Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee from tempest and from rain. --Shak. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. --Sir W. Scott. {Cane brake}, a thicket of canes. See {Canebrake}.
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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Braky \Brak"y\, a. Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny. In the woods and braky glens. --W. Browne.
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Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.] Hasty in temper; impetuous. --Grose.
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Brash \Brash\, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] --Bartlett.
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Brash \Brash\, n. [See {Brash} brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. 2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. --Lyell. 4. Broken fragments of ice. --Kane. {Water brash} (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. {Weaning brash} (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
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Brashy \Brash"y\, a. 1. Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly. Our progress was not at all impeded by the few soft, brashy floes that we encountered. --F. T. Bullen. 2. Showery; characterized by brashes, or showers.
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brasilein \brasil"ein\, {C16H12O5}, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties. Brasque \Brasque\, n. [F.] (Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also {steep}.
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Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. {Brasses}. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[91]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d {Braze}.] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See {Axle box}, {Journal Box}, and {Bearing}. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9. 4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.] 5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. --Hopkinson. 6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. 7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. {Brass band} (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. {Brass foil}, {Brass leaf}, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also {Dutch gold}.
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Brasse \Brasse\, n. [Perh. a transposition of barse; but cf. LG. brasse the bream, G. brassen Cf. {Bream}.] (Zo[94]l.) A spotted European fish of the genus {Lucioperca}, resembling a perch.
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Brassy \Brass"y\, n. [Written also {brassie} and {brassey}.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.
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Brassy \Brass"y\, n. [Written also {brassie} and {brassey}.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.
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Brassy \Brass"y\, n. [Written also {brassie} and {brassey}.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.
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Brassy \Brass"y\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass. 2. Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]
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Braxy \Brax"y\, n. [Cf. AS. breac rheum, broc sickness, Ir. bracha corruption. Jamieson.] 1. A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities. [Scot.] 2. A diseased sheep, or its mutton.
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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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Braze \Braze\, v. t. [AS. br[91]sian, fr. br[91]s brass. See {Brass}.] To cover or ornament with brass. --Chapman.
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Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.
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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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Breach \Breach\, v. i. To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.
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Breachy \Breach"y\, a. Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.
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6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race. {Court of record} (pron. r[?]*k[?]rd" in Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. {Debt of record}, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. {Trial by record}, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. --Blackstone. {To beat}, [or] {break}, {the record} (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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Break \Break\, v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. Else the bottle break, and the wine runneth out. --Math. ix. 17. 3. To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn. The day begins to break, and night is fled. --Shak. And from the turf a fountain broke, and gurgled at our feet. --Wordsworth. 4. To burst forth violently, as a storm. The clouds are still above; and, while I speak, A second deluge o'er our head may break. --Dryden. 5. To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking. At length the darkness begins to break. --Macaulay. 6. To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength. See how the dean begins to break; Poor gentleman! he droops apace. --Swift. 7. To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking. 8. To fall in business; to become bankrupt. He that puts all upon adventures doth oftentimes break, and come to poverty. --Bacn. 9. To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop. 10. To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty. 11. To fall out; to terminate friendship. To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited. --Collier. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break away}, to disengage one's self abruptly; to come or go away against resistance. Fear me not, man; I will not break away. --Shak. {To break down}. (a) To come down by breaking; as, the coach broke down. (b) To fail in any undertaking. He had broken down almost at the outset. --Thackeray. {To break forth}, to issue; to come out suddenly, as sound, light, etc. [bd]Then shall thy light break forth as the morning.[b8] --Isa. lviii. 8; Note: often with into in expressing or giving vent to one's feelings. [bd]Break forth into singing, ye mountains.[b8] --Isa. xliv. 23. {To break from}, to go away from abruptly. This radiant from the circling crowd he broke. --Dryden. {To break into}, to enter by breaking; as, to break into a house. {To break in upon}, to enter or approach violently or unexpectedly. [bd]This, this is he; softly awhile; let us not break in upon him.[b8] --Milton. {To break loose}. (a) To extricate one's self forcibly. [bd]Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell?[b8] --Milton. (b) To cast off restraint, as of morals or propriety. {To break off}. (a) To become separated by rupture, or with suddenness and violence. (b) To desist or cease suddenly. [bd]Nay, forward, old man; do not break off so.[b8] --Shak. {To break off from}, to desist from; to abandon, as a habit. {To break out}. (a) To burst forth; to escape from restraint; to appear suddenly, as a fire or an epidemic. [bd]For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and stream in the desert.[b8] --Isa. xxxv. 6 (b) To show itself in cutaneous eruptions; -- said of a disease. (c) To have a rash or eruption on the akin; -- said of a patient. {To break over}, to overflow; to go beyond limits. {To break up}. (a) To become separated into parts or fragments; as, the ice break up in the rivers; the wreck will break up in the next storm. (b) To disperse. [bd]The company breaks up.[b8] --I. Watts. {To break upon}, to discover itself suddenly to; to dawn upon. {To break with}. (a) To fall out; to sever one's relations with; to part friendship. [bd]It can not be the Volsces dare break with us.[b8] --Shak. [bd]If she did not intend to marry Clive, she should have broken with him altogether.[b8] --Thackeray. (b) To come to an explanation; to enter into conference; to speak. [Obs.] [bd]I will break with her and with her father.[b8] --Shak.
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Break \Break\ ( [1913 Webster]), n. [See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Breach}, {Brack} a crack.] 1. An opening made by fracture or disruption. 2. An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship. Specifically: (a) (Arch.) A projection or recess from the face of a building. (b) (Elec.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. 3. An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation. 4. An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. All modern trash is Set forth with numerous breaks and dashes. --Swift. 5. The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn. 6. A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. 7. A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See {Brake}, n. 9 & 10. 8. (Teleg.) See {Commutator}.
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6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race. {Court of record} (pron. r[?]*k[?]rd" in Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. {Debt of record}, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. {Trial by record}, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. --Blackstone. {To beat}, [or] {break}, {the record} (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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Break \Break\, v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. Else the bottle break, and the wine runneth out. --Math. ix. 17. 3. To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn. The day begins to break, and night is fled. --Shak. And from the turf a fountain broke, and gurgled at our feet. --Wordsworth. 4. To burst forth violently, as a storm. The clouds are still above; and, while I speak, A second deluge o'er our head may break. --Dryden. 5. To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking. At length the darkness begins to break. --Macaulay. 6. To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength. See how the dean begins to break; Poor gentleman! he droops apace. --Swift. 7. To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking. 8. To fall in business; to become bankrupt. He that puts all upon adventures doth oftentimes break, and come to poverty. --Bacn. 9. To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop. 10. To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty. 11. To fall out; to terminate friendship. To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited. --Collier. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break away}, to disengage one's self abruptly; to come or go away against resistance. Fear me not, man; I will not break away. --Shak. {To break down}. (a) To come down by breaking; as, the coach broke down. (b) To fail in any undertaking. He had broken down almost at the outset. --Thackeray. {To break forth}, to issue; to come out suddenly, as sound, light, etc. [bd]Then shall thy light break forth as the morning.[b8] --Isa. lviii. 8; Note: often with into in expressing or giving vent to one's feelings. [bd]Break forth into singing, ye mountains.[b8] --Isa. xliv. 23. {To break from}, to go away from abruptly. This radiant from the circling crowd he broke. --Dryden. {To break into}, to enter by breaking; as, to break into a house. {To break in upon}, to enter or approach violently or unexpectedly. [bd]This, this is he; softly awhile; let us not break in upon him.[b8] --Milton. {To break loose}. (a) To extricate one's self forcibly. [bd]Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell?[b8] --Milton. (b) To cast off restraint, as of morals or propriety. {To break off}. (a) To become separated by rupture, or with suddenness and violence. (b) To desist or cease suddenly. [bd]Nay, forward, old man; do not break off so.[b8] --Shak. {To break off from}, to desist from; to abandon, as a habit. {To break out}. (a) To burst forth; to escape from restraint; to appear suddenly, as a fire or an epidemic. [bd]For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and stream in the desert.[b8] --Isa. xxxv. 6 (b) To show itself in cutaneous eruptions; -- said of a disease. (c) To have a rash or eruption on the akin; -- said of a patient. {To break over}, to overflow; to go beyond limits. {To break up}. (a) To become separated into parts or fragments; as, the ice break up in the rivers; the wreck will break up in the next storm. (b) To disperse. [bd]The company breaks up.[b8] --I. Watts. {To break upon}, to discover itself suddenly to; to dawn upon. {To break with}. (a) To fall out; to sever one's relations with; to part friendship. [bd]It can not be the Volsces dare break with us.[b8] --Shak. [bd]If she did not intend to marry Clive, she should have broken with him altogether.[b8] --Thackeray. (b) To come to an explanation; to enter into conference; to speak. [Obs.] [bd]I will break with her and with her father.[b8] --Shak.
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Break \Break\ ( [1913 Webster]), n. [See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Breach}, {Brack} a crack.] 1. An opening made by fracture or disruption. 2. An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship. Specifically: (a) (Arch.) A projection or recess from the face of a building. (b) (Elec.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. 3. An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation. 4. An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. All modern trash is Set forth with numerous breaks and dashes. --Swift. 5. The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn. 6. A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. 7. A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See {Brake}, n. 9 & 10. 8. (Teleg.) See {Commutator}.
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Breakaway \Break"a*way`\, n. [Break + away] [Australasia] 1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
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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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Breech \Breech\, n. [See {Breeches}.] 1. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks. 2. Breeches. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber. 4. (Naut.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
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Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also {breese} and {brize}.]
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Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also {breese} and {brize}.]
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Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp. briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.] 1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth. 2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] {Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at night. {Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.
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Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See {Brasier}.] 1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal. 2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
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Breeze \Breeze\, v. i. To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow. {To breeze up} (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
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Breezy \Breez"y\, a. 1. Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. [bd]A breezy day in May.[b8] --Coleridge. 'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned. --Wordsworth. 2. Fresh; brisk; full of life. [Colloq.]
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Brewage \Brew"age\, n. Malt liquor; drink brewed. [bd]Some well-spiced brewage.[b8] --Milton. A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine. --Macaulay.
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Brewhouse \Brew"house`\, n. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
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Brewis \Brew"is\, n. [OE. brewis, brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG. brod. [root]93. See {Broth}, and cf. {Brose}.] 1. Broth or pottage. [Obs.] Let them of their Bonner's [bd]beef[b8] and [bd]broth[b8] make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. --Bp. Hall. 2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.
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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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Bricky \Brick"y\, a. Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. [R.] --Spenser.
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Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
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Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Brig \Brig\ (br[icr]g), n. A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
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Brigge \Brig"ge\, n. A bridge. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Brigue \Brigue\, n. [F. brigue, fr. LL. briga quarrel. See {Brigand}.] A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel. [Obs.] --Chesterfield.
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Brigue \Brigue\, v. i. [F. briguer. See {Brigue}, n.] To contend for; to canvass; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Hurd.
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Brike \Brike\, n. [AS. brice.] A breach; ruin; downfall; peril. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Brisk \Brisk\, a. [Cf. W. brysg, fr. brys haste, Gael. briosg quick, lively, Ir. broisg a start, leap, jerk.] 1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick. Cheerily, boys; be brick awhile. --Shak. Brick toil alternating with ready ease. --Wordworth. 2. Full of spirit of life; effervesc[?]ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider. Syn: Active; lively; agile; alert; nimble; quick; sprightly; vivacious; gay; spirited; animated.
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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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Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also {breese} and {brize}.]
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Brize \Brize\ (br[imac]z), n. The breeze fly. See {Breeze}. --Shak.
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Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D. brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse, to roar, rush.] (Zo[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, and {gadfly}. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also {breese} and {brize}.]
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Brize \Brize\ (br[imac]z), n. The breeze fly. See {Breeze}. --Shak.
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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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Broach \Broach\, n. [OE. broche, F. broche, fr. LL. brocca; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. proc thrust, stab, Gael. brog awl. Cf. {Brooch}.] 1. A spit. [Obs.] He turned a broach that had worn a crown. --Bacon. 2. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. 3. (Mech.) (a) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper. (b) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift. 4. (Masonry) A broad chisel for stonecutting. 5. (Arch.) A spire rising from a tower. [Local, Eng.] 6. A clasp for fastening a garment. See {Brooch}. 7. A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag. 8. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. --Knight. 9. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
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Brock \Brock\, n. [See {Brocket}.] (Zo[94]l.) A brocket. --Bailey.
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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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Brock \Brock\, n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B. Jonson.
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Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
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Brock \Brock\, n. [See {Brocket}.] (Zo[94]l.) A brocket. --Bailey.
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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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Brock \Brock\, n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B. Jonson.
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Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
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Brock \Brock\, n. [See {Brocket}.] (Zo[94]l.) A brocket. --Bailey.
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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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Brock \Brock\, n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B. Jonson.
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Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M. vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or] Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.
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Brock \Brock\, n. [See {Brocket}.] (Zo[94]l.) A brocket. --Bailey.
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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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Brock \Brock\, n. [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zo[94]l.) A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. --B. Jonson.
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Brog \Brog\ (br[ocr]g), n. [Gael. Cf. {Brob}.] A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.
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Brog \Brog\, v. t. To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. [Scot. & Prov.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Brogue \Brogue\, n. [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.] 1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan. Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume. {Clouted brogues}, patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under {Clout}, v. t. 2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English. Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. --Lloyd.
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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Broke \Broke\, v. i. [See {Broker}, and cf. {Brook}.] 1. To transact business for another. [R.] --Brome. 2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.] We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. --Fanshawe. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. --Shak.
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Broke \Broke\ (br[omac]k), imp. & p. p. of {Break}.
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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Broke \Broke\, v. i. [See {Broker}, and cf. {Brook}.] 1. To transact business for another. [R.] --Brome. 2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.] We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. --Fanshawe. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. --Shak.
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Broke \Broke\ (br[omac]k), imp. & p. p. of {Break}.
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Break \Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[84]kka to crack, Dan. br[91]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. [bd]To break a colt.[b8] --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. [bd]Break off thy sins by righteousness.[b8] --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. [bd]Open the door, or I will break it open.[b8] --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). [bd]Break up this capon.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Break up your fallow ground.[b8] --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. [bd]Break up the court.[b8] --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} [or] {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. [bd]Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.[b8] --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor. {To break upon a wheel}, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries. {To break wind}, to give vent to wind from the anus. Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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Broke \Broke\, v. i. [See {Broker}, and cf. {Brook}.] 1. To transact business for another. [R.] --Brome. 2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.] We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. --Fanshawe. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. --Shak.
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Broke \Broke\ (br[omac]k), imp. & p. p. of {Break}.
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Brooch \Brooch\ (br[omac]ch; 277), n. [See {Broach}, n.] 1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. --B. Jonson. 2. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
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Brooch \Brooch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brooched} (br[omac]cht).] To adorn as with a brooch. [R.]
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Brook \Brook\, n. [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. br[d3]c; akin to D. broek, LG. br[d3]k, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See {Break}, v. t.] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. --Deut. viii. 7. Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. --Shak.
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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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Brose \Brose\, n. [CF. Gael. brothas. Cf. {Brewis}, {Broth}.] Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used. [Scot.]
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Browse \Browse\ (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See {Bristle}, n., {Brush}, n.] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser. Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden.
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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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Browse \Browse\ (brouz), v. i. 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer. 2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. --Shak.
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Brucine \Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of {Strychnos}, especially in the {Nux vomica}. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also {brucia} and {brucina}.
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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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Bruise \Bruise\, v. i. To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. --Thackeray.
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Bruise \Bruise\, n. An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i. 6.
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Brush \Brush\, n. In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
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Brush \Brush\, n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, b[81]rste brush. See {Bristle}, n., and cf. {Browse}.] 1. An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc. 2. The bushy tail of a fox. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles. 4. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood. 5. A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush. 6. (Elec.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus. 7. The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed. [As leaves] have with one winter's brush Fell from their boughts. --Shak. 8. A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy. Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong, And tempt not yet the brushes of the war. --Shak. 9. A short contest, or trial, of speed. Let us enjoy a brush across the country. --Cornhill Mag. {Electrical brush}, a form of the electric discharge characterized by a brushlike appearance of luminous rays diverging from an electrified body.
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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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Brush \Brush\, v. i. To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by. Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind. --Goldsmith.
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Brushy \Brush"y\, a. Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.
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Brusk \Brusk\, a. Same as {Brusque}.
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Brusque \Brusque\, a. [F. brusque, from It. brusco brusque, tart, sour, perh. fr. L. (vitis) labrusca wild (vine); or cf. OHG. bruttisc grim, fr. brutti terror.] Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bur \Bur\, Burr \Burr\, n. [OE. burre burdock; cf. Dan. borre, OSw. borra, burdock, thistle; perh. akin to E. bristle (burr- for burz-), or perh. to F. bourre hair, wool, stuff; also, according to Cotgrave, [bd]the downe, or hairie coat, wherewith divers herbes, fruits, and flowers, are covered,[b8] fr. L. burrae trifles, LL. reburrus rough.] 1. (Bot.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs. Amongst rude burs and thistles. --Milton. Bur and brake and brier. --Tennyson. 2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See {Burr}, n., 2. 3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See {Burr}, n., 4. 4. The lobe of the ear. See {Burr}, n., 5. 5. The sweetbread. 6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick. 7. (Mech.) (a) A small circular saw. (b) A triangular chisel. (c) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists. 8. [Cf. Gael. borr, borra, a knob, bunch.] (Zo[94]l.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. [Commonly written {burr}.] {Bur oak} (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak ({Quercus macrocarpa}) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. {Bur reed} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sparganium}, having long ribbonlike leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. {Bureaus}, F. {Bureaux}. [F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. [?] flame-colored, prob. fr. [?] fire. See {Fire}, n., and cf. {Borel}, n.] 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. --Swift. 2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. 3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the [bd]Pension Bureau,[b8] a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. 4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] {Bureau system}. See {Bureaucracy}. {Bureau Veritas}, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and re[89]stablished in Brussels in 1870.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. {Bureaus}, F. {Bureaux}. [F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. [?] flame-colored, prob. fr. [?] fire. See {Fire}, n., and cf. {Borel}, n.] 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. --Swift. 2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. 3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the [bd]Pension Bureau,[b8] a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. 4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] {Bureau system}. See {Bureaucracy}. {Bureau Veritas}, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and re[89]stablished in Brussels in 1870.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burg \Burg\, n. [AS. burh, burg, cf. LL. burgus. See 1st {Borough}.] 1. A fortified town. [Obs.] 2. A borough. [Eng.] See 1st {Borough}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burgee \Bur"gee\, n. 1. A kind of small coat. 2. (Naut.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burgh \Burgh\, n. [OE. See {Burg}.] A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See {Borough}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burrock \Bur"rock\, n. [Perh. from AS. burg, burh, hill + -ock.] A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bursa \[d8]Bur"sa\, n.; pl. {Burs[91]}. [L. See {Burse}.] (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burse \Burse\, n. [LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See {Bourse}, and cf. {Bursch}, {Purse}.] 1. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [Scot.] 3. (Eccl.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. --Shipley. 4. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as {Bourse}. 5. A kind of bazaar. [Obs.] She says she went to the burse for patterns. --Old Play.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gapeseed \Gape"seed`\, n. A person who looks or stares gapingly. {To} {buy, [or] sow}, {gapeseed}, to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of attending to business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bywork \By"work\, n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Baraga, MI (village, FIPS 5320) Location: 46.77726 N, 88.49353 W Population (1990): 1231 (578 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
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Barco, NC Zip code(s): 27917
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Barracks, VA (CDP, FIPS 4640) Location: 38.05740 N, 78.51352 W Population (1990): 4710 (2228 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Barwick, GA (town, FIPS 5708) Location: 30.89210 N, 83.73957 W Population (1990): 385 (169 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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Berkey, OH (village, FIPS 5732) Location: 41.71435 N, 83.83345 W Population (1990): 264 (93 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43504
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Berwick, IL Zip code(s): 61417 Berwick, LA (town, FIPS 7100) Location: 29.70029 N, 91.23578 W Population (1990): 4375 (1730 housing units) Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70342 Berwick, ME Zip code(s): 03901 Berwick, ND Zip code(s): 58788 Berwick, PA (borough, FIPS 5888) Location: 41.05562 N, 76.24895 W Population (1990): 10976 (4890 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18603
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Bourg, LA Zip code(s): 70343
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Bowers, DE (town, FIPS 7250) Location: 39.06034 N, 75.40018 W Population (1990): 179 (168 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Boyers, PA Zip code(s): 16020
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Bracey, VA Zip code(s): 23919
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Braggs, OK (town, FIPS 8400) Location: 35.66267 N, 95.19785 W Population (1990): 308 (119 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74423
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Breese, IL (city, FIPS 7913) Location: 38.61104 N, 89.52224 W Population (1990): 3567 (1322 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62230
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Brice, OH (village, FIPS 8532) Location: 39.91660 N, 82.83202 W Population (1990): 109 (49 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Brick, NJ Zip code(s): 08724
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Briggs, TX Zip code(s): 78608
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Briscoe, TX Zip code(s): 79011
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Brixey, MO Zip code(s): 65618
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Brock, NE (village, FIPS 6505) Location: 40.48114 N, 95.95966 W Population (1990): 143 (76 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68320
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Brockway, MI Zip code(s): 48097 Brockway, MT Zip code(s): 59214 Brockway, PA (borough, FIPS 8960) Location: 41.24705 N, 78.79333 W Population (1990): 2207 (999 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15824
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Brogue, PA Zip code(s): 17309
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Brokaw, WI (village, FIPS 9975) Location: 45.02737 N, 89.65265 W Population (1990): 224 (87 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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Brook, IN (town, FIPS 7966) Location: 40.86599 N, 87.36579 W Population (1990): 899 (386 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47922
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Brooks, CA Zip code(s): 95606 Brooks, GA (town, FIPS 11056) Location: 33.29499 N, 84.45919 W Population (1990): 328 (124 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30205 Brooks, KY (CDP, FIPS 9964) Location: 38.06818 N, 85.71688 W Population (1990): 2464 (850 housing units) Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40109 Brooks, ME Zip code(s): 04921 Brooks, MN (city, FIPS 8038) Location: 47.81705 N, 96.00113 W Population (1990): 158 (67 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56715 Brooks, OR Zip code(s): 97305
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Bruce, MI Zip code(s): 48065 Bruce, MS (town, FIPS 9180) Location: 33.99180 N, 89.34490 W Population (1990): 2127 (911 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38915 Bruce, SD (city, FIPS 7740) Location: 44.43809 N, 96.88944 W Population (1990): 235 (104 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57220 Bruce, WI (village, FIPS 10500) Location: 45.45857 N, 91.27279 W Population (1990): 844 (414 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54819
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Brush, CO (city, FIPS 9555) Location: 40.25675 N, 103.63230 W Population (1990): 4165 (1720 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80723
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Bueyeros, NM Zip code(s): 88412
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Buras, LA Zip code(s): 70041
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Burgaw, NC (town, FIPS 8960) Location: 34.55034 N, 77.92637 W Population (1990): 1807 (702 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28425
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Burke, KY Zip code(s): 41171 Burke, NY (village, FIPS 11154) Location: 44.90336 N, 74.17088 W Population (1990): 209 (93 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12917 Burke, SD (city, FIPS 8700) Location: 43.18302 N, 99.29251 W Population (1990): 756 (392 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Burke, TX (city, FIPS 11380) Location: 31.22831 N, 94.76924 W Population (1990): 314 (129 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Burke, VA (CDP, FIPS 11464) Location: 38.78024 N, 77.27206 W Population (1990): 57734 (18812 housing units) Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22015
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Burr Oak, IA Zip code(s): 52131 Burr Oak, KS (city, FIPS 9525) Location: 39.87039 N, 98.30398 W Population (1990): 278 (174 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66936 Burr Oak, MI (village, FIPS 11920) Location: 41.84821 N, 85.32090 W Population (1990): 882 (334 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49030
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Byars, OK (town, FIPS 10550) Location: 34.87183 N, 97.05362 W Population (1990): 263 (118 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74831
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Byers, CO (CDP, FIPS 10985) Location: 39.71031 N, 104.22473 W Population (1990): 1065 (413 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80103 Byers, KS (city, FIPS 9800) Location: 37.78781 N, 98.86673 W Population (1990): 46 (20 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67021 Byers, TX (city, FIPS 11644) Location: 34.07115 N, 98.19020 W Population (1990): 510 (219 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76357
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
baroque adj. [common] Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (esp.) software designs, this has many of the connotations of {elephantine} or {monstrosity} but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself. "Metafont even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now _that_ is baroque!" See also {rococo}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Borg n. In "Star Trek: The Next Generation" the Borg is a species of cyborg that ruthlessly seeks to incorporate all sentient life into itself; their slogan is "Resistence is futile. You will be assimilated." In hacker parlance, the Borg is usually {Microsoft}, which is thought to be trying just as ruthlessly to assimilate all computers and the entire Internet to itself (there is a widely circulated image of Bill Gates as a Borg). Being forced to use Windows or NT is often referred to as being "Borged". Interestingly, the {Halloween Documents} reveal that this jargon is live within Microsoft itself. (Other companies, notably Intel and UUNet, have also occasionally been equated to the Borg.) See also {Evil Empire}, {Internet Exploiter}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
break 1. vt. To cause to be {broken} (in any sense). "Your latest patch to the editor broke the paragraph commands." 2. v. (of a program) To stop temporarily, so that it may debugged. The place where it stops is a `breakpoint'. 3. [techspeak] vi. To send an RS-232 break (two character widths of line high) over a serial comm line. 4. [Unix] vi. To strike whatever key currently causes the tty driver to send SIGINT to the current process. Normally, break (sense 3), delete or {control-C} does this. 5. `break break' may be said to interrupt a conversation (this is an example of verb doubling). This usage comes from radio communications, which in turn probably came from landline telegraph/teleprinter usage, as badly abused in the Citizen's Band craze a few years ago.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BRS /B-R-S/ n. Syn. {Big Red Switch}. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Baroque An early {logic programming} language written by Boyer and Moore in 1972. ["Computational Logic: Structure Sharing and Proof of program Properties", J. Moore, DCL Memo 67, U Edinburgh 1974]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
baroque Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (especially) software designs, this has many of the connotations of {elephantine} or monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself. "{Metafont} even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now that is baroque!" See also {rococo}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Baroque An early {logic programming} language written by Boyer and Moore in 1972. ["Computational Logic: Structure Sharing and Proof of program Properties", J. Moore, DCL Memo 67, U Edinburgh 1974]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
baroque Feature-encrusted; complex; gaudy; verging on excessive. Said of hardware or (especially) software designs, this has many of the connotations of {elephantine} or monstrosity but is less extreme and not pejorative in itself. "{Metafont} even has features to introduce random variations to its letterform output. Now that is baroque!" See also {rococo}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
brace {left brace} or {right brace}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
break 1. To cause to be {broken} (in any sense). "Your latest patch to the editor broke the paragraph commands." 2. (Of a program) To stop temporarily, so that it may debugged. The place where it stops is a "{breakpoint}". 3. To send an {EIA-232} break (two character widths of line high) over a {serial line}. 4. [Unix] To strike whatever key currently causes the tty driver to send SIGINT to the current process. Normally, break, delete or {control-C} does this. 5. "break break" may be said to interrupt a conversation (this is an example of verb doubling). This usage comes from radio communications, which in turn probably came from landline telegraph/teleprinter usage, as badly abused in the Citizen's Band craze a few years ago. 6. {pipeline break}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BRS {Big Red Switch}. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line. [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Barak lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack; in which the host of Jabin was completely routed. The battle was fought (Judg. 4:16) in the plain of Jezreel (q.v.). This deliverance of Israel is commemorated in Judg. 5. Barak's faith is commended (Heb. 11:32). "The character of Barak, though pious, does not seem to have been heroic. Like Gideon, and in a sense Samson, he is an illustration of the words in Heb. 11:34, 'Out of weakness were made strong.'" (See {DEBORAH}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Baruch blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He afterwards read them before the counsellors of the king at a private interview; and then to the king himself, who, after hearing a part of the roll, cut it with a penknife, and threw it into the fire of his winter parlour, where he was sitting. During the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, he was the keeper of the deed of purchase Jeremiah had made of the territory of Hanameel (Jer. 32:12). Being accused by his enemies of favouring the Chaldeans, he was cast, with Jeremiah, into prison, where he remained till the capture of Jerusalem (B.C. 586). He probably died in Babylon. (2.) Neh. 3:20; 10:6; 11:5.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Berachah blessing. (1.) A valley not far from Engedi, where Jehoshaphat overthrew the Moabites and Ammonites (2 Chr. 20:26). It has been identified with the valley of Bereikut. (R.V., "Beracah.") (2.) One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul's brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Berechiah blessed by Jehovah. (1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17). (2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chr. 28:12). (3.) The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, of the royal family of Judah (1 Chr. 3:20). (4.) The father of the prophet Zechariah (1:1,7).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Birsha son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Brass which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly copper (Deut. 8:9). It was used for fetters (Judg. 16:21; 2 Kings 25:7), for pieces of armour (1 Sam. 17:5, 6), for musical instruments (1 Chr. 15:19; 1 Cor. 13:1), and for money (Matt. 10:9). It is a symbol of insensibility and obstinacy in sin (Isa. 48:4; Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18), and of strength (Ps. 107:16; Micah 4:13). The Macedonian empire is described as a kingdom of brass (Dan. 2:39). The "mountains of brass" Zechariah (6:1) speaks of have been supposed to represent the immutable decrees of God. The serpent of brass was made by Moses at the command of God (Num. 21:4-9), and elevated on a pole, so that it might be seen by all the people when wounded by the bite of the serpents that were sent to them as a punishment for their murmurings against God and against Moses. It was afterwards carried by the Jews into Canaan, and preserved by them till the time of Hezekiah, who caused it to be at length destroyed because it began to be viewed by the people with superstitious reverence (2 Kings 18:4). (See {NEHUSHTAN}.) The brazen serpent is alluded to by our Lord in John 3:14, 15. (See {SERPENT}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Breach an opening in a wall (1 Kings 11:27; 2 Kings 12:5); the fracture of a limb (Lev. 24:20), and hence the expression, "Heal, etc." (Ps. 60:2). Judg. 5:17, a bay or harbour; R.V., "by his creeks."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bricks the making of, formed the chief labour of the Israelites in Egypt (Ex. 1:13, 14). Those found among the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh are about a foot square and four inches thick. They were usually dried in the sun, though also sometimes in kilns (2 Sam. 12:31; Jer. 43:9; Nah. 3:14). (See {NEBUCHADNEZZAR}.) The bricks used in the tower of Babel were burnt bricks, cemented in the building by bitumen (Gen. 11:3).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Brook a torrent. (1.) Applied to small streams, as the Arnon, Jabbok, etc. Isaiah (15:7) speaks of the "book of the willows," probably the Wady-el-Asha. (2.) It is also applied to winter torrents (Job 6:15; Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:4, 47), and to the torrent-bed or wady as well as to the torrent itself (Num. 13:23; 1 Kings 17:3). (3.) In Isa. 19:7 the river Nile is meant, as rendered in the Revised Version.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Barak, thunder, or in vain
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Baruch, who is blessed
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Berachah, blessing; bending the knee
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Berachiah, speaking well of the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Birsha, an evil; a son who beholds