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Brant (brănt), n. [Cf. , , .] (Zoöl.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
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Brant, a. [See .] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
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Brantail (brăntāl), n. (Zoöl.) The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.
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Brant-fox (�), n. [For brand-fox; cf. G. brandfuchs, Sw. bradräf. So called from its yellowish brown and somewhat black color. See .] (Zoöl.) A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (Vulpes vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.
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Branular (�), a. Relating to the brain; cerebral. I. Taylor.
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Brasen (�), a. Same as .
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Brasenia n. a magnoliid genus; a genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as the most primitive of extant angiosperms; alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Syn. -- genus Brasenia.
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Brash (brăsh), 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, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] Bartlett.
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Brash, n. [See brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
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2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.
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4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
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Brashy (?), a. 1. Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly.
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Our progress was not at all impeded by the few soft, brashy floes that we encountered. F. T. Bullen.
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2. Showery; characterized by brashes, or showers.
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{ Brasier, Brazier } (�), n. [OE. brasiere, F. braise live coals. See .] An artificer who works in brass. Franklin.
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{ Brasier, Brazier }, n. [F. brasier, braisíer, fr. braise live coals. See .] A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times.
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Brasilia prop. n. the capital city of Brazil, built on the central plateau.
Syn. -- Brazilian capital.
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brasilin (?), n. [Cf. F. brésiline. See 2d .] (Chem.) A substance, C16H14O5, extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air, being oxidized to brasilein (�), C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties.
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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 (�), n.; pl. Brasses (�). [OE. bras, bres, AS. bræs; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d .] 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.
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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 , , and .
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3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
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Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9.
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4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson.
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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.
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7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
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☞ The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
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☞ Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
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Coloq. Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. -- Coloq. Brass foil , Coloq. Brass leaf , brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also Dutch gold.
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Brassage (�), n. [F.] A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.
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brassard n. an armor plate that protects the arm.
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Brassart (�), n. [F. brassard, fr. bras arm. See , n.] Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.
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brassavola n. any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7.
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brassbound, brass-bound adj. 1. inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.
Syn. -- ironclad, unchangeable.
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2. having trim or fittings of brass; as, a brassbound campaign chest; the heavy brass-bound door.
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Brasse (�), n. [Perh. a transposition of barse; but cf. LG. brasse the bream, G. brassen Cf. .] (Zoöl.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.
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brasserie n. a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap.
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Brassets (�), n. See .
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Brassia n. a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips; the spider orchids.
Syn. -- genus Brassia.
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Brassica (�), prop. n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed (Brassica napus), etc.
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Brassicaceae n. a natural family of plants with four-petaled flowers.
Syn. -- Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family.
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Brassicaceous (�), a. [L. brassica cabbage.] (Bot.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.
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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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Brassiere Brassière (brȧzēr), n. [F.] A form of woman's undergarment, often stiffened with wire or whalebones, or the like, and worn to cover and support the breasts; -- also called bra. It usually has straps which support it from the shoulders, but strapless variants are also made.
Syn. -- bra, bandeau.
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Brassiness (�), n. The state, condition, or quality of being brassy. [Colloq.]
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brasslike adj. 1. resembling the sound of a brass instrument.
Syn. -- brassy.
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2. having an appearance resembling that of brass.
Syn. -- brassy.
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Brass-visaged (�), a. Impudent; bold.
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Brassy (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
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2. Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]
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Brassy (?), n. [Written also brassie and brassey.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.
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Brast (�), v. t. & i. [See .] To burst. [Obs.]
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And both his yën braste out of his face. Chaucer.
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Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. Spenser.
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Brat (brăt), n. [OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.] 1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.
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3. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. “This brat is none of mine.” Shak. “A beggar's brat.” Swift.
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O Israel! O household of the Lord!
O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.
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4. The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
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Brat (�), n. (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
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bratchet, (brăchĕt), n. [Sc. also bratchart; fr. ME. brachet, fr. OF. brachet; ML. brachetus, dim. of brache a hound. See .] a kind of hound; a ; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also . [Also spelled brachet.]
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The bratchet's bay
From the dark covert drove the prey. Scott, (Marmion, ii. int.).
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To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye, my fair-favoured little gossip? . Scott, (Kenilworth, II. xxi).
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Bratsche (�), n. [G., fr. It. viola da braccio viola held on the arm.] The tenor viola, or viola.
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Brattice (�), n. [See .] (Mining) (a) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. (b) Planking to support a roof or wall.
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Brattishing (�), n. 1. See , n.
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2. (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
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bratwurst (brătwûrst; brătw�rst; brătvûrst; brätwûrst; G. brătv�rsht), n. [German.] a small pork sausage seasoned with spices and herbs, and usually served broiled or sauteed.
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Braunite (�), n. (Min.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.
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Bravade (�), n. Bravado. [Obs.] Fanshawe.
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Bravado (�), n., pl. Bravadoes (�). [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag: cf. F. bravade. See .] Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
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In spite of our host's bravado. Irving.
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Brave (�), a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See , and cf. .]
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1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
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2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.]
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Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon.
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It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys.
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3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
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Wear my dagger with the braver grace. Shak.
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For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
In silks I'll rattle it of every color. Robert Greene.
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Frog and lizard in holiday coats
And turtle brave in his golden spots. Emerson.
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Syn. -- Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See .
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Brave (�), n. 1. A brave person; one who is daring.
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The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. F. S. Key.
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2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
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3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
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Hot braves like thee may fight. Dryden.
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4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
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Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
And so in this, to bear me down with braves. Shak.
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Brave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.] 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
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These I can brave, but those I can not bear. Dryden.
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2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
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Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. Shak.
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Bravely (�), adv. 1. In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.
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2. Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.
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And [she] decked herself bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her. Judith. x. 4.
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3. Well; thrivingly; prosperously. [Colloq.]
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Braveness, n. The quality of state or being brave.
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Bravery (�), n. [Cf. F. braverie.] 1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
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Remember, sir, my liege, . . .
The natural bravery of your isle. Shak.
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2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
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Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons. Bacon.
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3. Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.
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With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery. Shak.
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Like a stately ship . . .
With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. Milton.
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4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.]
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A man that is the bravery of his age. Beau. & Fl.
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Syn. -- Courage; heroism; interpidity; gallantry; valor; fearlessness; dauntlessness; hardihood; manfulness. See , and .
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Braving (�), n. A bravado; a boast.
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With so proud a strain
Of threats and bravings. Chapman.
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Bravingly (�), adv. In a defiant manner.
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Bravo (�), n.; pl. Bravoes (�). [I. See , a.] A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
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Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey.
And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. Churchill.
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Bravo (�), interj. [It. See .] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
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Bravura (�), n. [It., (properly) bravery, spirit, from bravo. See .] (Mus.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.
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Coloq. Aria di bravura (�) [It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.
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Braw (?), a. [See , a.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 1. Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. “A braw new gown.” Burns.
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2. Good; fine. “A braw night.” Sir W. Scott.
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Brawl (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brawled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr�ulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. �95.] 1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
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Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke.
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2. To complain loudly; to scold.
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3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
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Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth.
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Syn. -- To wrangle; squabble; contend.
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Brawl (�), n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
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His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak.
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Syn. -- Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
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Brawler (�), n. One that brawls; wrangler.
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Coloq. Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.
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Brawling, a. 1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
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She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak.
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2. Making a loud confused noise. See , v. i., 3.
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A brawling stream. J. S. Shairp.
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Brawlingly, adv. In a brawling manner.
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Brawn (�), n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br�to flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br�� flesh, food of beasts, AS. br�de roast meat, br�dan to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed.] 1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]
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Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer.
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2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
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Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden.
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It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall.
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And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.
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3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
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The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn. Mortimer.
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4. A boar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Brawned (�), a. Brawny; strong; muscular. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Brawner (�), n. A boor killed for the table.
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Brawniness (�), n. The quality or state of being brawny.
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Brawny (�), a. Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. “Brawny limbs.” W. Irving.
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Syn. -- Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust.
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Braxy (�), 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.]
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2. A diseased sheep, or its mutton.
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Bray (brā), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed (brād); p. pr. & vb. n. Braying.] [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See .] To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22.
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Bray, v. i. [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.]
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1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
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Laugh, and they
Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden.
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2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
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Heard ye the din of battle bray? Gray.
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Bray, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
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Arms on armor clashing, brayed
Horrible discord. MIlton.
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And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott.
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Bray, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
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The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold.
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Bray, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. brǣw eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. brā eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. brū eyebrow. See .] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See , which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.
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Brayer (�), n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.
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Brayer, n. One that brays like an ass. Pope.
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Braying, a. Making a harsh noise; blaring. “Braying trumpets.” Shak.
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Braze (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brazed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Brazing.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. .] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.
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2. To harden. “Now I am brazes to it.” Shak.
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Braze (�), v. t. [AS. bræsian, fr. bræs brass. See .] To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.
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Brazen (�), a.[OE. brasen, AS. bræsen. See .] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
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2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
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3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
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Coloq. Brazen age . (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under . -- Coloq. Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
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Brazen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
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Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.
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Brazen-browed (�), a. Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.
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Brazenface (�), n. An impudent or shameless person. “Well said, brazenface; hold it out.” Shak.
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Brazenfaced (�), a. Impudent; shameless.
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Brazenly (�), adv. In a bold, impudent manner.
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