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Brevet (br�vĕt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brevetted (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Brevetting.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
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Brevet, a. (Mil.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
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Brevetcy (br�vĕts�), n.; pl. Brevetcies (-sĭz). (Mil.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
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Breviary (�), n.; pl. Breviaries (�). [F. bréviarie, L. breviarium summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis short. See , and cf. .] 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
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A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland.
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2. A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal.
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Breviate (�), n. [L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to shorten, brevis short.] 1. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
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I omit in this breviate to rehearse. Hakluyt.
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The same little breviates of infidelity have . . . been published and dispersed with great activity. Bp. Porteus.
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2. A lawyer's brief. [R.] Hudibras.
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Breviate (�), v. t. To abbreviate. [Obs.]
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Breviature (�), n. An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Brevier (br�vēr), n. [Prob. from being originally used in printing a breviary. See .] (Print.) A size of type between bourgeois and minion.
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☞ This line is printed in brevier type.
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Breviloquence (�), n. [L. breviloquentia.] A brief and pertinent mode of speaking. [R.]
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Breviped (�), a. [L. brevis short + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. brévipède.] (Zoöl.) Having short legs. -- n. A breviped bird.
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Brevipen (�), n. [L. brevis short + penna wing: cf. F. brévipenne.] (Zoöl.) A brevipennate bird.
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Brevipennate (�), a. [L. brevis short + E. pennate.] (Zoöl.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.
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{ Brevirostral (�), Brevirostrate (�), } a. [L. brevis short + E. rostral, rostrate.] (Zoöl.) Short-billed; having a short beak.
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Brevity (�), n.; pl. Brevities (�). [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. brièvité. See .] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.
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2. Contraction into few words; conciseness.
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Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak.
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This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.
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Syn. -- Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness.
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Brevoortia n. a genus of fishes consisting of the menhaden.
Syn. -- genus Brevoortia.
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Brew (brṳ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed (brṳd); p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] [OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, brūwen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. bry^ton (for fry^ton?) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. √93. Cf. , .] 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
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2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. “She brews good ale.” Shak.
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3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
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Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.
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4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
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Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton.
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Brew (�), v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
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I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.
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2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
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There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak.
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Brew (�), n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
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Brewage (�), n. Malt liquor; drink brewed. “Some well-spiced brewage.” Milton.
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A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine. Macaulay.
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Brewer (�), n. One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
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Brewery (�), n. A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.
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Brewhouse (�), n. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
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Brewing (�), n. 1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
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2. The quantity brewed at once.
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A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. Bacon.
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3. A mixing together.
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I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland.
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4. (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.
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Brewis (�), n. [OE. brewis, brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG. brod. √93. See , and cf. .] 1. Broth or pottage. [Obs.]
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Let them of their Bonner's “beef” and “broth” make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. Bp. Hall.
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2. Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk, or water and butter.
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Brewsterite (�), n. [Named after Sir David Brewster.] A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia.
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Brezilin (�), n. See .
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Briar (�), n. Same as .
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briard (brēär; brēärd), n. an old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat.
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Briarean (�), a. [L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. �, fr. � strong.] Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.
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briarroot n. the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. [Also spelled brierroot.]
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briarwood n. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
Syn. -- brierwood.
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briary adj. 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; -- of plants or animals.
Syn. -- barbed, barbellate, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny.
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Bribable (�), a. Capable of being bribed.
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A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards.
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Bribe (brīb), n. [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food.] 1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
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Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. Hobart.
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3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
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Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever�blooming sweets. Akenside.
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Bribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bribed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bribing.] 1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
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Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. F. W. Robertson.
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3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
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Bribe, v. i. 1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
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2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
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An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. Bouvier.
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The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. Goldsmith.
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Bribeless, a. Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.
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From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Briber (�), n. 1. A thief. [Obs.] Lydgate.
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2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
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3. That which bribes; a bribe.
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His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak.
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Bribery (�), n.; pl. Briberies (�). [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See , n.] 1. Robbery; extortion. [Obs.]
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2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
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Coloq. Bribery oath , an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]
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Bric-a brac (�), n. [F.] Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
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Coloq. A piece of bric-a-brac , any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.
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Brick (brĭk), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hlāfes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See .] 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.
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The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. Layard.
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2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
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Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. Weale.
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3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).
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4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] “He 's a dear little brick.” Thackeray.
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Coloq. To have a brick in one's hat , to be drunk. [Slang]
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☞ Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
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Coloq. Brick clay , clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks. -- Coloq. Brick dust , dust of pounded or broken bricks. -- Coloq. Brick earth , clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks. -- Coloq. Brick loaf , a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape. -- Coloq. Brick nogging (Arch.), rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Brick trimmer (Arch.), a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire. -- Coloq. Brick trowel . See . -- Coloq. Brick works , a place where bricks are made. -- Coloq. Bath brick . See under , a city. -- Coloq. 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, 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.
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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.
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Coloq. To brick up , to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
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Brickbat (�), n. A piece or fragment of a brick. See 1st , n. 4. Bacon.
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Brickellia n. genus of herbs of SW America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath.
Syn. -- genus Brickelia.
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brickfield n. a place where bricks are made and sold.
Syn. -- brickyard.
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Brickfielder (?), n. [Australia] 1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.
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2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.
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Brickkiln (�), n. A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.
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Bricklayer (�), n. [Brick + lay.] One whose occupation is to build with bricks.
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Coloq. Bricklayer's itch . See under .
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Bricklaying, n. The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.
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Brickle (�), a. [OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS. brecan, E. break. Cf. .] Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] Spenser.
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As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. Turbervile.
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Brickleness, n. Brittleness. [Obs.]
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Brickmaker (�), n. One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brickmaking, n.
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Brickwork (�), n. 1. Anything made of bricks.
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Niches in brickwork form the most difficult part of the bricklayer's art. Tomlinson.
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2. The act of building with or laying bricks.
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Bricky (�), a. Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. [R.] Spenser.
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Brickyard (�), n. A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place.
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Bricole (�), n. [F.] (Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
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2. An ancient kind of military catapult.
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3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke.
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4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion.
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Brid (�), n. A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Bridal (�), a. [From . Cf. , n.] Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
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Bridal, n. [OE. bridale, brudale, AS. brȳdealo brideale, bridal feast. See , and , 2.] A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.
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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky. Herbert.
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Bridalty (�), n. Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] “In honor of this bridalty.” B. Jonson.
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bridalwreath n. a shrub (Spiraea prunifolia) having copious small white flowers in spring.
Syn. -- bridal wreath, Saint Peter's wreath, St. Peter's wreath.
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Bride (brīd), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. brȳd; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. brūd, D. bruid, OHG. prūt, brūt, G. braut, Icel. brūðr, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. brūþs; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.] 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married.
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Has by his own experience tried
How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton.
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I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.
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2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
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Coloq. Bride of the sea , the city of Venice.
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Bride, v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.]
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Bride-ale (�), n. [See .] A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See .
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The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake,
And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson.
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Bridebed (�), n. The marriage bed. [Poetic]
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Bridecake (�), n. Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
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Bridechamber (�), n. The nuptial apartment. Matt. ix. 15.
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Bridegroom (-gr�m), n. [OE. bridegome, brudgume, AS. brȳdguma (akin to OS. brūdigumo, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. prūtigomo, MHG. briutegome, G. bräutigam); AS. brȳd bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused by confusion with groom. See , and cf. , .] A man newly married, or just about to be married.
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Brideknot (�), n. A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [Obs.]
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Bridemaid (�), n., Brideman (�), n. See , .
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Bridesmaid (�), n. A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
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Bridesman (�), n.; pl. Bridesmen (�). A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the “best man.” Sir W. Scott.
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Bridestake (�), n. A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.
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Divide the broad bridecake
Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson.
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Bridewell (�), n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
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Bridge (brĭj), n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. brücke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. brū bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.] 1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
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2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
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3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
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4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
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5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
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Coloq. Aqueduct bridge . See . -- Coloq. Asses' bridge , Coloq. Bascule bridge , Coloq. Bateau bridge . See under , , . -- Coloq. Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. -- Coloq. Bridge of the nose , the upper, bony part of the nose. -- Coloq. Cantalever bridge . See under . -- Coloq. Draw bridge . See . -- Coloq. Flying bridge , a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means. -- Coloq. Girder bridge or Coloq. Truss bridge , a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers. -- Coloq. Lattice bridge , a bridge formed by lattice girders. -- Coloq. Pontoon bridge , Coloq. Ponton bridge . See under . -- Coloq. Skew bridge , a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. -- Coloq. Suspension bridge . See under . -- Coloq. Trestle bridge , a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. -- Coloq. Tubular bridge , a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal. -- Coloq. Wheatstone's bridge (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.
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