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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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Brĭm'ming, a. p. 165Full to the top or brim.Brīm'stōne, n. p. 165Sulphur; a hard, brittle substance, of a lemon-yellow color, negatively electric by heat and friction. It is found in the neighborhood of volcanoes, and is an ingredient in a variety of minerals and…Brīm’stōne, a. p. 165Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.Brim'stōn-y, a. p. 165Full of brimstone, or containing it; resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson.Brĭn'ded, a. p. 165Having different colors; variegated; streaked. Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed. Shak.Brim'dle, n. p. 165The state of being brinded; spottedness.Brĭn'dled, a. p. 165Spotted; variegated with spots of different colors. With the brindled lion played. Churchill.Brīne, n. p. 165Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt. 2. The ocean or sea. Lashed into foam, the fierce, conflicting brine Seems o'er a thousand raging waves to burn. Thomson. 3. Tears, so called from…Brīne, v. t. p. 165To steep in brine. 2. To mix salt with; as, to brine hay.Brīne'-pān, n. p. 165A pit of salt water, where, by the action of the sun, salt is formed by crystallization.Brīne'-pit, n. p. 165A salt spring or well, from which water is taken to be boiled or evaporated for making salt.Brīne'-pūmp, n. p. 165(Marine Engin.) A pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to prevent the salt water from reaching an inconvenient degree of saturation.Brīne'spring, n. p. 165A spring of salt water.Brĭng, v. t. p. 165To convey to a person or thing; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. 1…Bring'er, n. p. 165One who brings or conveys to. Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office. Shak.Brīn'ish, a. p. 166Like brine; salt; somewhat salt; saltish. “Brinish tears.” Shak.Brīn'ish-ness, n. p. 166Saltness; the quality of being saltish.Brĭnk, n. p. 166The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; the bank of a river or pit; verge; border. “The plashy brink of weedy lake.” Bryant. “The brink of vice.” Porteus. “The brink of…Brīn'y, a. p. 166Pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.Brī'o-ny, n. p. 166See BRYONY. “Briony vine and ivy wreath.” Tennyson.Brĭsk, a. p. 166Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; — applied to any kind of action, as to the sprightliness of animals or men. Cheerly, boys; be brisk a while. Shak.…Brĭsk, v. t. p. 166To make lively; to enliven; to animate. To brisk up, to cheer; to animate; to grow lively or cheerful; to become brisk.Brĭsk, v. i. p. 166To come up with life and speed; to take an erect or bold attitude. Johnson.Brĭsk'et, n. p. 166The breast of an animal; or that part of the breast that lies next to the ribs.Brisk'ly, adv. p. 166With life and spirit; actively; vigorously.Brisk'ness, n. p. 166Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety, vivacity, effervescence of liquors.Bris'tle, n. p. 166A short, stiff, coarse hair, as of swine or other animals. 2. (Bot.) A species of pubescence on plants, in form of a stiff, roundish hair. Gray.Bris'tle, v. t. p. 166To erect the bristles of; — sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. Shak. 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to…Bris'tle, v. i. p. 166To rise or stand erect, like bristles. His hair did bristle on his head. W. Scott. 2. To present an appearance as of bristles; to have standing thick and erect, like bristles. The hill of La Haye…Bris'tle-beâr'ing, a. p. 166Having bristles.Bris'tle-point'ed, a. p. 166(Bot.) Terminating gradually in a very fine, sharp point, as the leaves of many mosses. Lindley.Bris'tle-shaped, a. p. 166Resembling a bristle in form, as a leaf.Bris'tli-ness, n. p. 166The state of having bristles.Bris'tly, a. p. 166Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. “A bristly neck.” Thackeray.Bris'tol-bōard, n. p. 166A kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth and sometimes glazed surface.Bris'tol-brick, n. p. 166A sort of brick used for cleaning steel; — so called because originally manufactured at Bristol, England.Bris'tol-dī'a-mond or Bris'tol-stōne, n. p. 166(Min.) Rock crystal, or crystals of quartz, found in a rock near the city of Bristol, in England, and frequently used for ornamental purposes.Bri-sure', n. p. 166(Fort.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.Brit, n. p. 166(Ichth.) A fish of the herring kind (Clupea minima), from one to four inches long, found, at some seasons, in immense numbers, on the eastern coast of New England.Bri-tăn'ni-ă, n. p. 166A metallic compound or alloy, consisting of 100 parts of block-tin, with 8 of antimony, 2 of bismuth, and 2 of copper.Bri-tăn'nĭc, a. p. 166Pertaining to Great Britain; British.Brite or Bright, v. i. p. 166To be or become over-ripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.]Brit'ish, a. p. 166Pertaining to Great Britain or its inhabitants; — sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.Brĭt'ish-gŭm, n. p. 166A substance of a brownish color, and very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, with dextrine, and is used, in…Brĭt'on, n. p. 166A native of Britain.Brĭt'on, a. p. 166British. [Obs.] Spenser.Brĭt'tle, a. p. 166Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton.Brit'tle-ly, adv. p. 166In a brittle manner. Sherwood.Brit'tle-ness, n. p. 166Aptness to break; fragility; want of tenacity.Britz'skā, n. p. 166A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining atBrīze, n. p. 166The gadfly. See BREEZE. Shak.Brōach, n. p. 166A spit. [Obs.] And some failed not to take the child and bind it to a broach, and lay it to the fire to roast. Sir T. More. 2. An awl; a bodkin. [Prov. Eng.] 3. (Mech.) (a.) A tool of steel…Brōach, v. t. p. 166To 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. He bravely broached his…Brōach'er, n. p. 166A spit; a broach. On five sharp broachers ranked, the roast they turned. Dryden. 2. One who broaches, opens, or utters; a first publisher or promoter. “Some such broacher of heresy.” Atterbury.Broad, a. p. 166Wide; extended in breadth, or from side to side. “A broad area.” Prescott. “Broad, gnarled arms.” Scott. 2. Extended, in the sense of diffused; spread abroad; open. “Broad and open day.” Porteus. 3.…Broad'-ăx or Broad'-ăxe, n. p. 166A military weapon. [Obs.] 2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.Broad'-bill, n. p. 166(Ornith.) A wild duck (Anas marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in October. On the Chesapeake, it is called black-head, and in Virginia raft-duck.…Broad'-blown, a. p. 166Full blown. [Obs.] Shak.Broad'-brim, n. p. 166A particular kind of hat for men, like those worn by the members of the society of Friends. Simmonds. 2. A member of the society of Friends; a Qua-Broad'cast, n. p. 166(Agric.) A casting or throwing seed from the hand for dispersion in sowing.