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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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Brute, a. p. 169Not having sensation; senseless; unconscious; as, the brute earth. 2. Not possessing reason; irrational; ferine; as, a brute beast. A creature . . . not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued…Brute, n. p. 169A beast; any animal destitute of reason. Brutes may be considered as either aerial, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious. Locke. 2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; a low-bred, unfeeling…Brute, v. t. p. 169To report; to bruit. [Obs.]Brūte'ly, adv. p. 169In a rude manner.Brute'ness, n. p. 169Brutality. [Obs.] Spenser.Brū'ti-fy, v. t. p. 169To make a person a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to brutalize. “A man not quite brutified and void of sense.” Barrow. It has possessed only two secrets for governing, . . . to drain…Bru'tish, a. p. 169Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; having some of the qualities or characteristics of brutes; insensible; unfeeling; brutal; bestial; unintelligent. O, let all provocation Take every…Bru'tish-ly, adv. p. 169In the manner of a brute; grossly; irrationally; stupidly; savagely.Brŭ'tish-ness, n. p. 169The quality of being brutish; stupidity; insensibility; brutality.Brū'tism, n. p. 169The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.Brūt'ing, n. p. 169Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn.Brȳ-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 169That part of the science of botany which relates to mosses. Gray.Brȳ'o-nīne, n. p. 170(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the root of the bryony (B. alba and dioica). It is a yellowish-brown, bitter substance, and is emetic and cathartic.Bry'o-ny, n. p. 170(Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Bryonia. The root of the rough or white bryony is a strong, irritating cathartic. Dunglison. Black bryony, a genus of plants called Tamus.Brȳ'o-zō'an, n. p. 170(Zoöl.) An animal of the sub-kingdom Mollusca. See MOLLUSK.Brȳ'o-zō'an, a. p. 170Pertaining to the bryozoa.Brȳ'o-zō'um, n. p. 170(Zoöl.) One of the minute animals of a bryozoan coralline. It has a circle of arms around the mouth like a polyp, but differs from polyps in having a regular intestine and anus, and also in other…Bŭb, n. p. 170[Prov. Eng. bub, liquor.] Strong malt liquor. [Cant.] Prior. 2. A brother. [Colloq. or low.] See BUBBY.Bŭb, v. t. p. 170To throw out in bubbles. [Obs.] Sackville.Bŭb’ble, n. p. 170A small bladder or vesicle of water or other fluid inflated with air. And when one bubble runs foul of another, the weaker needs must burst. Coleridge. 2. Any thing that wants firmness or solidity; a…Bŭb'ble, v. i. p. 170To rise in bubbles, as liquors when boiling or agitated. 2. To run with a gurgling noise; as, a bubbling stream. Pope. 3. To make a bubbling or gurgling sound. [Rare.] At mine ears Bubbled the…Bŭb'ble, v. t. p. 170To cheat; to deceive, or impose on. The great Locke, who was seldom outwitted by false sounds, was certainly bubbled here. Sterne.Bŭb'bler, n. p. 170One who cheats. Digby. 2. (Ichth.) A fish found in the waters of the Ohio river, so called from the singular grunting noise which it makes. Bartlett.Bŭb'bly, a. p. 170Abounding in bubbles; bubbling.Bŭb'by, n. p. 170A woman's breast. [Low.]Bŭb'by, n. p. 170Brother;— a word applied to small boys. [Colloq.] Bartlett.Bŭ'bo, n. p. 170(Anat.) The groin. 2. (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, particularly in the groin or axilla. Dunglison.Bu-bŏn'o-cēle, n. p. 170(Med.) A tumor in the groin, formed by a prolapsus of the intestines or omentum, or both; hernia inguinalis, or inguinal rupture.Bŭ'bu-kle, n. p. 170A red pimple. [Obs.] Shak.Bŭc'cal, a. p. 170Pertaining to the cheek. Buccal glands, the small salivary glands situated on the inside of the cheeks, between the mucous membrane of the mouth and the muscles.Bŭc'can, n. p. 170A grating or hurdle made of sticks.Bŭc'can, v. t. p. 170To cut into long pieces, salt, and smoke on a buccan, as beef. Ogilvie.Bŭc'ca-neer' or Bŭc'a-nīēr', n. p. 170A robber upon the sea; a pirate;—a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers, chiefly English and French, who combined to make depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th…Bŭc'ca-neer', v. i. p. 170To act the part of a pirate or sea-robber.Bŭc'cel-lā'tion, n. p. 170The act of breaking into large pieces. [Rare.] Harris.Būc'ci-nal, a. p. 170Trumpet shaped.Būc'çi-nā'tor, n. p. 170(Anat.) A muscle of the cheek, inserted into the angle of the mouth; — so called from its use in blowing the trumpet.Bu-cen'taur, n. p. 170(Myth.) A fabulous monster, half ox and half man. Brande. 2. [Ital. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used in going to the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.Bū'çe-rŏs, n. p. 170(Ornith.) A genus of large birds, of the order of Perchers (Passeres), inhabiting the warmer countries of Africa and Asia. The name hornbill is common to the different species. The…Būch'ol-zīte, n. p. 170(Min.) A fibrous mineral of great hardness, and of a grayish or yellowish color, consisting of silex and alumina; — identical with Sillimanite.Bū'chu, n. p. 170(Bot.) A plant (Diosma crenata) used for diseases of the bladder. Dunglison.Bück, n. p. 170Lye in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching; the liquor in which clothes are washed. 2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed; a wash of clothes. Shak.Bück, v. t. p. 170To soak or steep in lye, a process in bleaching; to wash or steep in lye or suds. Shak. 2. (Mining.) To break up or pulverize, as ores.Bŭck, n. p. 170Buck, or Fallow Deer. 1, dag of pricket, or buck-fawn, of second year; 2, horn of sorel, or of third year; 3, horn of sore, or of fourth year; 4, horn of buck, or of fifth year and after; t, tines; s…Bŭck, v. i. p. 170To copulate as bucks and does.Bück'-bās/ket, n. p. 170A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.Bück'bēan, n. p. 170A plant, the marsh-trefoil. See BOGBEAN.Bück'bōard or Bück'wäg'on, n. p. 170A rude four-wheeled vehicle, consisting of a long board resting on the two axletrees, and carrying a seat or seats placed transversely upon it.Buck'er, n. p. 170(Mining.) One who bucks or bruises ore. Weale.Bück'et, n. p. 170A vessel for drawing up water, as from a well, or for carrying water or other liquids. The toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells. Cowper. The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The…Bŭck'et-y, n. p. 170Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan.Bŭck'eye, n. p. 170(Bot.) A tree, the Æsculus flava (Pavia flava, Decand.), indigenous in the Western States. Æsculus glabra is the fetid or Ohio buckeye, and Æsculus paria the red buckeye. 2. An inhabitant of Ohio; —…Bŭck'-eyed, a. p. 170Having bad or speckled eyes. “A buck-eyed horse.” White.Bŭck'ie, n. p. 170A univalve marine shell, particularly the Fusus antiquus, the shell of which is the “roaring buckie” in which children hear the sound of the sea. [Scot.]Devil's buckie p. 170a perverse, refractory youngster: a mischievous madcap. [Scot.] Ogilvie.Bŭck'ing, n. p. 170The act or process of soaking cloth in lye for bleaching; also, the lye or liquor; a washing. Tomlinson. 2. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.Bŭck'ing-ī'ron, n. p. 170(Mining.) A small, flat, iron tool, used in bucking or breaking up ores.Bück'ing-kier, n. p. 170(Manuf.) A large circular boiler, or kier, of peculiar construction, used in bleaching. Tomlinson.Bück'ing-plāte, n. p. 170(Mining.) An iron plate on which the ore is placed for being bucked.Bŭck'ing-stōol, n. p. 170A washing-block.