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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Brām'bly, a. p. 158Pertaining to, resembling, or full of brambles. “In brambly wilderness.” Tennyson.Brāme, n. p. 158Vexation. [Obs.] “Heart-burning brame.” Spenser.Brā'min, n. p. 158See BRAHMAN.Brā'min-ee' or Brā'min-ess, n. p. 158See BRAHMANEE, BRAHMANESS.Bra-min'-i-cal, a. p. 158See BRAHMINICAL.Brā'min-ism, n. p. 158See BRAHMINISM.Brän, n. p. 158The proper coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other farinaceous grain, separated from the flour by bolting.Brān'card, n. p. 159A horse litter. [Obs.] Cotgrave.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…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…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.Brănch'-chŭck, n. p. 159(Mech.) A chuck formed of four branches turned up at the ends, and each furnished with a screw.Brānched'-work, n. p. 159(Sculp.) The carved and sculptured leaves and branches in monuments and friezes.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.Brânch'er-y, n. p. 159(Bot.) The ramifications of the vessels dispersed through the pulpy part of fruit.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.Brän'chi-al, a. p. 159(Anat.) Pertaining to the branchiæ or gills; performed by means of branchiæ. “Branchial respiration.” Carpenter.Brânch'i-ness, n. p. 159Fullness of branches.Brănch'ing, a. p. 159Furnished with branches; shooting out branches. “The branching palm.” Milton.Brănch'ing, n. p. 159The act of branching; division into parts or branches. “The sciences, with their numerous branchings.” Watts.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…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.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.Brânch'less, a. p. 159Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.Brânch'let, n. p. 159A little branch; a twig; the subdivision of a branch.Brănch'-pī'lot, n. p. 159A pilot who has a branch or public commission. [U. S.]Brânch'y, a. p. 159Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches. Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom: Scott.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…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…Brănd'er, n. p. 159One who brands. 2. A gridiron. [Scot.]Brānd'-goose, n. p. 159(Ornith.) A species of wild goose, of the genus Anas, usually called, in America, brant (Anser bernicla).Brăn'died, a. p. 159Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy. 2. Flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied preserves.Brănd'ing-ī'ron, n. p. 159An iron to brand with.Brănd'-ī'ron, n. p. 159A branding-iron. 2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet.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…Brăn'dish, n. p. 159A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, &c. “Brandishes of the fan.” Tatler.Brăn'dish-er, n. p. 159One who brandishes.Brănʹdish-ing or Brătʹtish-ing, n. p. 159(Arch.) A name given to open carved work, as of a crest, &c.Brānd′ling, n. p. 159(Zoöl.) A small red worm, used as bait for small fish. Walton.Bränd'-new, a. p. 159Quite new; bright as a brand of fire. Tatler.Bränd'rith, n. p. 159A fence or inclosure around a well. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.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…Brăn'dy-fruit, n. p. 159Fruits preserved in brandy and sugar.Brānd'y-wīne, n. p. 159Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman.Brăng'gle, n. p. 159A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [Rare.] “A brangle between him and his neighbor.” Swift.Brăng'gle, v. i. p. 159To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [Rare.] Here I conceive that flesh and blood will brangle. And murmuring Reason with the Almighty wrangle.Brăn'gle-ment, n. p. 159Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]Brāng'gler, n. p. 159A quarrelsome person.Brăng'gling, n. p. 159A quarrel. [Rare.] Whitlock.Brănk, n. p. 159Buckwheat; — a name used in some parts of England. Halliwell. 2. [Cf. BRANCH.] In some parts of England and Scotland, a scolding-bridle, an instrument for correcting scolding women. It consists of a…Brănk'/ur-sīne, n. p. 159(Bot.) Bear’s-breech, or Acanthus, a genus of plants, of several species. The leaves of the common sort are said to have furnished the model of the Corinthian capital.Brān'lin, n. p. 159(Ichth.) A species of fish of the salmon kind, found in rapid streams:—in some places called the jingry, from five or six black lines or marks on each side resembling fingers.Brān'-new, a. p. 159See BRAND-NEW.Brăn'ny, a. p. 159Having the appearance of bran; consisting of bran. Wiseman.Brān'sle, n. p. 159A brawl, or dance. [Obs.] Spenser.Brānt, n. p. 159(Ornith.) A species of wild goose, the Anser bernicla;—called also brent and brand-goose. See BRAND-GOOSE. Longfellow.Brānt, a. p. 159Steep. [Prov. Eng.] Todd.Brānt'-fŏx, n. p. 159(Zoöl.) A kind of fox living in Sweden, the Vulpes alopex, smaller than the common fox, V. vulgaris, and probably a variety of it.Brăn'ū-lar, a. p. 159Relating to the brain; cerebral. [R.]Brā'sen, a. p. 159Made of brass. See BRASS and BRAZEN.