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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Brāin'-sick'ly, adv.p. 158Weakly; with a disordered understanding. Shak.
  2. Brāin'-sick'ness, n.p. 158Disorder of the understanding; giddiness; indiscretion. Holland.
  3. Brāin'-thrōb, n.p. 158The throbbing of the brain.
  4. Brāit, n.p. 158A rough diamond;—so called by jewelers.
  5. Brāke, n.p. 158(Bot.) A fern of different genera, especially of the genus Pteris. 2. A place overgrown with brakes. Wordsworth. 3. A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles. He staid not for brake, and…
  6. Brāke, n.p. 158An instrument or machine to break flax or hemp. 2. The handle by which a pump is worked. 3. A baker’s kneading-trough. Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. “Pampered jades . . . which need nor brake…
  7. Brāke'man, n.p. 158The man whose business is to manage the brake on railways. 2. (Mining.) The man in charge of the winding-engine.
  8. Brāke'wheel, n.p. 158A wheel to which a brake is applied. Weale.
  9. Brāk'y, a.p. 158Full of brakes; abounding with brambles or shrubs; rough; thorny. “In the woods and braky glens.” Browne.
  10. Brā'ma, n.p. 158See BRAHMA.
  11. Bră'mahp. 158Lock. A lock peculiarly difficult to pick, invented by a Mr. Bramah of London. Simmonds.
  12. Brä'mah-prĕss, n.p. 158A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by the Messrs. Bramah. See HYDROSTATIC-PRESS. Weale.
  13. Brām'ble, n.p. 158(Bot.) One of several different species of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry; hence, any rough, prickly shrub. London.
  14. Brām'ble or Brām'ble-finch, n.p. 158(Ornith.) A bird,
  15. Bräm'blingp. 158a species of Fringilla; the mountain-finch (F. montifringilla).
  16. Brām'ble-bush, n.p. 158(Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. “His eyebrows were large and shaggy, and greatly resembled bramble-bushes.” Lytton.
  17. Brām’bled, a.p. 158Overgrown with brambles. Forlorn she sits upon the bramble-floor. Warton.
  18. Brām'ble-nēt, n.p. 158A hallier, or a net to catch birds.
  19. Brām'bly, a.p. 158Pertaining to, resembling, or full of brambles. “In brambly wilderness.” Tennyson.
  20. Brāme, n.p. 158Vexation. [Obs.] “Heart-burning brame.” Spenser.
  21. Brā'min, n.p. 158See BRAHMAN.
  22. Brā'min-ee' or Brā'min-ess, n.p. 158See BRAHMANEE, BRAHMANESS.
  23. Bra-min'-i-cal, a.p. 158See BRAHMINICAL.
  24. Brā'min-ism, n.p. 158See BRAHMINISM.
  25. Brän, n.p. 158The proper coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other farinaceous grain, separated from the flour by bolting.
  26. Brān'card, n.p. 159A horse litter. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  27. Brânch, n.p. 159(Bot.) A shoot of a tree or other plant; a limb; a bough growing from a stem, or from another branch or bough. 2. Any arm or part shooting or extended from the main body of a thing, as a smaller…
  28. Brănch, v. i.p. 159To shoot or spread in branches; to ramify. 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivisions. To branch off, to form a branch or a separate part; to diverge. — To branch out, to speak diffusively; to…
  29. Brânch, v. t.p. 159To divide as into branches; to make subordinate divisions in. Bacon. 2. To adorn with needle-work representing branches, flowers, or twigs. Spenser.
  30. Brănch'-chŭck, n.p. 159(Mech.) A chuck formed of four branches turned up at the ends, and each furnished with a screw.
  31. Brānched'-work, n.p. 159(Sculp.) The carved and sculptured leaves and branches in monuments and friezes.
  32. Brânch'er, n.p. 159One that shoots forth branches. 2. (Ornith.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
  33. Brânch'er-y, n.p. 159(Bot.) The ramifications of the vessels dispersed through the pulpy part of fruit.
  34. Brăn'chiæ, n. pl.p. 159(Anat.) Gills; a term applied to the organs of respiration in certain animals which live in water, as fishes and crustacea. Carpenter.
  35. Brän'chi-al, a.p. 159(Anat.) Pertaining to the branchiæ or gills; performed by means of branchiæ. “Branchial respiration.” Carpenter.
  36. Brânch'i-ness, n.p. 159Fullness of branches.
  37. Brănch'ing, a.p. 159Furnished with branches; shooting out branches. “The branching palm.” Milton.
  38. Brănch'ing, n.p. 159The act of branching; division into parts or branches. “The sciences, with their numerous branchings.” Watts.
  39. Brăn'chi-ŏp'o-dă or Brăn'chi-o-pod, n. pl.p. 159(Zool.) An order of crustacea, generally very small or minute; — so named from their feet, or locomotive extremities, having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the genera…
  40. Brăn’chi-ŏs’te-gal or Brăn’chi-ŏs’te-goûs, a.p. 159(Compar. Anat.) Pertaining to the branchiostege. ☞ This term was early applied also to a group of fishes having boneless branchiæ. But the arrangement was unnatural, and is rejected. Dana.
  41. Brăn'chi-ŏs'tege, n.p. 159(Compar. Anat.) The membrane which covers the gills of fishes, lying beneath the operculum. It is supported by rays, to which the name is also applied.
  42. Brânch'less, a.p. 159Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
  43. Brânch'let, n.p. 159A little branch; a twig; the subdivision of a branch.
  44. Brănch'-pī'lot, n.p. 159A pilot who has a branch or public commission. [U. S.]
  45. Brânch'y, a.p. 159Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches. Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom: Scott.
  46. Brănd, n.p. 159A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey. 2. A…
  47. Brănd, v. t.p. 159To burn or impress a mark with a hot iron; as, to brand a criminal, by way of punishment; to brand a cask, or any thing else, for the purpose of fixing a mark upon it. 2. To fix a mark or character…
  48. Brănd'er, n.p. 159One who brands. 2. A gridiron. [Scot.]
  49. Brānd'-goose, n.p. 159(Ornith.) A species of wild goose, of the genus Anas, usually called, in America, brant (Anser bernicla).
  50. Brăn'died, a.p. 159Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy. 2. Flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied preserves.
  51. Brănd'ing-ī'ron, n.p. 159An iron to brand with.
  52. Brănd'-ī'ron, n.p. 159A branding-iron. 2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet.
  53. Brăn'dish, v. t.p. 159To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake. 2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish…
  54. Brăn'dish, n.p. 159A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, &c. “Brandishes of the fan.” Tatler.
  55. Brăn'dish-er, n.p. 159One who brandishes.
  56. Brănʹdish-ing or Brătʹtish-ing, n.p. 159(Arch.) A name given to open carved work, as of a crest, &c.
  57. Brānd′ling, n.p. 159(Zoöl.) A small red worm, used as bait for small fish. Walton.
  58. Bränd'-new, a.p. 159Quite new; bright as a brand of fire. Tatler.
  59. Bränd'rith, n.p. 159A fence or inclosure around a well. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  60. Brăn'dy, n.p. 159An ardent spirit distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States particularly to that which is distilled from cider and peaches. In the…