1. Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; — opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
2. Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." Bp. Porteus.
4. Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; — applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive. A broad mixture of falsehood. Locke.
Note: Hence: -
5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.D. Daggett.In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett.
6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. Shak.
8. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. Broad acres. See under Acre. — Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow. — As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. L'Estrange. Broad pennant. See under Pennant.
Syn. — Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.
BROADBroad, n.
1. The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] Southey.
3. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight.
BROADAX; BROADAXEBroad"ax` Broad"axe`, n.
1. An ancient military weapon; a battle-ax.
2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber.
BROADBILLBroad"bill`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A wild duck (Aythya, or Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The shoveler. See Shoveler.
BROADBRIMBroad"brim`, n.
1. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.
2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker. [Sportive]
BROAD-BRIMMEDBroad"-brimmed`, a.
Defn: Having a broad brim.A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.
BROADCASTBroad"cast`, n. (Agric.)
Defn: A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
BROADCASTBroad"cast`, a.
1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); — opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
BROADCASTBroad"cast`, adv.
Defn: So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
BROAD CHURCHBroad" Church`. (Eccl.)
Defn: A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to otherbodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship. Side by side with these various shades of High and Low Church, another party of a different character has always existed in the Church of England. It is called by different names: Moderate, Catholic, or Broad Church, by its friends; Latitudinarian or Indifferent, by its enemies. Its distinctive character is the desire of comprehension. Its watch words are charity and toleration. Conybeare.
BROADCLOTHBroad"cloth, n.
Defn: A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); — so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
BROADENBroad"en, v. t. [p. & p. p. Broadened (; p. pr. & vb.n. Broadening(.] Etym: [From Broad, a.]
Defn: To grow broad; to become broader or wider.The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.
BROADENBroad"en, v. t.
Defn: To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.
BROAD GAUGEBroad" gauge`. (Railroad)
Defn: A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.
BROAD-HORNEDBroad"-horned`, a.
Defn: Having horns spreading widely.
BROADISHBroad"ish, a.
Defn: Rather broad; moderately broad.
BROADLEAFBroad"leaf`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; — sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.
BROAD-LEAVED; BROAD-LEAFEDBroad"-leaved`, Broad"-leafed`, a.
Defn: Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. Keats.
BROADLYBroad"ly, adv.
Defn: In a broad manner.
BROADMOUTHBroad"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
BROADNESSBroad"ness, n. Etym: [AS. bradnes.]
Defn: The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.
BROADPIECEBroad"piece`, n.
Defn: An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.
BROAD SEALBroad" seal`.
Defn: The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
BROADSEALBroad"seal`, v. t.
Defn: To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee orwarrant. [Obs.]Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.
BROADSIDEBroad"side`, n.
1. (Naut.)
Defn: The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]
4. (Print.)
Defn: A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; — called also broadsheet.
BROADSPREADBroad"spread`, a.
Defn: Widespread.
BROADSPREADINGBroad"spread`ing, a.
Defn: Spreading widely.
BROADSWORDBroad"sword`, n.
Defn: A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
BROADWISEBroad"wise`, adv.
Defn: Breadthwise. [Archaic]
BROBBrob, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. brog, E. brog, n.] (Carp.)
Defn: A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
BROBDINGNAGIAN Brob`ding*nag"i*an, a. Etym: [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."]
Defn: Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. — n.
Defn: A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]
BROCADEBro*cade", n. Etym: [Sp. brocado (cf. It. broccato, F. brocart), fr.LL. brocare *prick, to figure (textile fabrics), to emboss (linen),to stitch. See Broach.]
Defn: Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamentedwith raised flowers, foliage, etc.; — also applied to other stuffsthus wrought and enriched.A gala suit of faded brocade. W. Irving.
BROCADEDBro*cad"ed, a.
1. Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc. Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay.
2. Dressed in brocade.
BROCAGEBro"cage, n.
Defn: See Brokkerage.
BROCARD Broc"ard, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard.]
Defn: An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics. The legal brocard, "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.
BROCATEL Bro"ca*tel, n. Etym: [F. brocatelle, fr. It. brocatello: cf. Sp. brocatel. See Brocade.]
1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.
BROCATELLOBro`ca*tel"lo, n.
Defn: Same as Brocatel.
BROCCOLI Broc"co*li, n. Etym: [It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach, n.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.
BROCHANTITE Broch"an*tite, n. Etym: [From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist.] (Min.)
Defn: A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
BROCHEBro`ché", a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Woven with a figure; as, broché goods.
BROCHEBroche, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Broach, n.
BROCHETTEBro`chette" (bro`shet"), n. [F., dim. of broche. See Broach, n.](Cookery)
Defn: A small spit or skewer.
— En bro`chette" (än) [F.], on a brochette; skewered.
BROCHUREBro*chure", n. Etym: [F., fr. brocher to stitch. See Broach, v. t.]
Defn: A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.
BROCKBrock, n. Etym: [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc,Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A badger.Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson.
BROCKBrock, n. Etym: [See Brocket.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A brocket. Bailey.
BROCKEN SPECTER; BROCKEN SPECTREBrock"en spec"ter or Brock"en spec"tre. [Trans. of G.Brockengespenst.]
Defn: A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on theBrocken, in the Harz Mountains.
BROCKET Brock"et, n. Etym: [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A male red deer two years old; — sometimes called brock.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus).
BROCKISHBrock"ish, a.
Defn: Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] Bale.
BRODEKINBrode"kin, n. Etym: [F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken,brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr.Buskin.]
Defn: A buskin or half-boot. [Written also brodequin.] [Obs.]
BROGBrog, n. Etym: [Gael. Cf. Brob.]
Defn: A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small ship stick.
BROGBrog, v. t.
Defn: To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. [Scot. & Prov.] Sir W. Scott.
BROGANBro"gan, n.
Defn: A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.
BROGGLE Brog"gle, v. i. Etym: [Dim. of Prov. E. brog to broggle. Cf. Brog, n.]
Defn: To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
BROGUEBrogue, n. Etym: [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.]
1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.
Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume. Clouted brogues, patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under Clout, v. t.
2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English. Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. Lloyd.
BROGUESBrogues, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. Breeches.]
Defn: Breeches. [Obs.] Shenstone.
BROIDBroid, v. t.
Defn: To braid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BROIDER Broid"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broidered.] Etym: [OE. broiden, brouden, F. broder, confused with E. braid; F. broder is either the same word as border to border (see Border), or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brathu to sting, stab, Ir. & Gael. brod goad, prickle, OE. brod a goad; and also Icel. broddr a spike, a sting, AS. brord a point.]
Defn: To embroider. [Archaic]They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4.
BROIDERERBroid"er*er, n.
Defn: One who embroiders. [Archaic]
BROIDERYBroid"er*y, n.
Defn: Embroidery. [Archaic]The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.
BROIL Broil, n. Etym: [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. proil marsh, G. brühl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.]
Defn: A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please. Burke.
Syn. — Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.
BROILBroil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling.] Etym:[OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin;cf. MHG. brüejen, G. brühen, to scald, akin to E. brood.]
1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
BROILBroil, v. i.
Defn: To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne.
BROILERBroil"er, n.
Defn: One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisyquarrels.What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against thechurch Hammond.
BROILERBroil"er, n.
1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.
3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [Colloq.]
BROILINGBroil"ing, a.
Defn: Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun.— n.
Defn: The act of causing anything to broil.
BROKAGEBro"kage, n.
Defn: See Brokerage.
BROKEBroke, v. i. Etym: [See Broker, and cf. Brook.]
1. To transact business for another. [R.] Brome.
2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.] We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. Fanshawe. And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. Shak.
BROKEBroke (brok),
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Break.
BROKENBro"ken (bro"k'n), a. Etym: [From Break, v. t.]
1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. G. Eliot. The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith.
5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li. 17.
6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot.
8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay. Broken ground. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. — Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. — Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food. — Broken number, a fraction. — Broken weather, unsettled weather.
BROKEN-BACKEDBro"ken-backed`, a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; — said of a ship. Totten.
BROKEN-BELLIEDBro"ken-bel`lied, a.
Defn: Having a ruptured belly. [R.]
BROKEN BREASTBro"ken breast`.
Defn: Abscess of the mammary gland.
BROKEN-HEARTEDBro"ken-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.
Syn. — Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe- begone; forlorn.
BROKENLYBro"ken*ly, adv.
Defn: In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in brokenlanguage.The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal.Cudworth.
BROKENNESSBro"ken*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay.
2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.
BROKEN WINDBro"ken wind`. (Far.)
Defn: The heaves.
BROKEN-WINDEDBro"ken-wind`ed, a. (Far.)
Defn: Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.
BROKER Bro"ker, n. Etym: [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See Brook, v. t.]
1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.
2. (Law)
Defn: An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story.
3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]
5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] Shak. Bill broker, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. — Curbstone broker or Street broker, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] — Exchange broker, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. — Insurance broker, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. — Pawn broker. See Pawnbroker. — Real estate broker, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. — Ship broker, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. — Stock broker. See Stockbroker.
BROKERAGEBro"ker*age, n.
1. The business or employment of a broker. Burke.
2. The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.
BROKERLYBro"ker*ly, a.
Defn: Mean; servile. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
BROKERYBro"ker*y, n.
Defn: The business of a broker. [Obs.] And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery. Marlowe.
BROKINGBro"king, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.[Obs.]Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.
BROMABro"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Defn: Aliment; food. Dunglison.
2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.
BROMALBro"mal, n. Etym: [Bromine + aldehyde.] (Chem.)
Defn: An oily, colorless fluid, CBr
BROMALINBro"ma*lin, n. [From Bromine.] (Pharm.)
Defn: A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.
BROMANILBrom`an"il, n. [Bromine + aniline.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.
BROMATEBro"mate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of bromic acid.
BROMATEBro"mate, v.t. (Med.)
Defn: To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor.
BROMATOLOGISTBro`ma*tol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in the science of foods.
BROMATOLOGYBro`ma*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science of aliments. Dunglison.
BROMEBrome, n. Etym: [F.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Bromine.
BROME GRASSBrome" grass`. Etym: [L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.
BROMELIACEOUS Bro*me`li*a"ceous, a. Etym: [Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.
BROMICBro"mic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; — said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.
BROMIDEBro"mide, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
BROMIDE PAPER; BROMID PAPERBromide paper or Bromid paper. (Photog.)
Defn: A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
BROMIDIOMBro*mid"i*om, n. [Bromide + idiom.]
Defn: A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides. [Slang]
BROMINATEBro"mi*nate, v. t.
Defn: See Bromate, v. t.
BROMINEBro"mine, n. Etym: [Gr. Brome.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.
BROMISMBro"mism, n. (Med.)
Defn: A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.
BROMIZEBro"mize, v. t. (Photog.)
Defn: To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.
BROMLIFEBrom"life, n. Etym: [From Bromley Hill, near Alston, Cumberland,England.] (Min.)
Defn: A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; — called also alstonite.
BROMOFORMBro"mo*form, n. Etym: [Bromine + formyl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. Watts.
BROMOGELATINBro`mo*gel"a*tin, a. [Bromine + gelatin.] (Photog.)
Defn: Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
BROMOIODISMBro`mo*i"o*dism, n. [Bromine + iodine + -ism.] (Med.)
Defn: Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds.
BROMOIODIZEDBro`mo*i"o*dized, a. (Photog.)
Defn: Treated with bromides and iodides.
BROMOLBro"mol, n. [Abbr. fr. tribromophenol.] (Pharm.)
Defn: A crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol,C6H2Br3OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
BROMPICRIN Brom*pi"crin, n. Etym: [G. brompikrin; brom bromine + pikrinsäure picric acid.] (Chem.)
Defn: A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also brompikrin.]
BROMURETBrom"u*ret, n.
Defn: See Bromide. [Obs.]
BROMYRITEBrom"y*rite, n. Etym: [Bromine + Gr. (Min.)
Defn: Silver bromide, a rare mineral; — called also bromargyrite.
BRONCHIBron"chi, n. pl. (Anat.)
Defn: See Bronchus.
BRONCHIABron"chi*a, n. pl. Etym: [L. , pl. Cf. Bronchus.] (Anat.)
Defn: The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison.
BRONCHIALBron"chi*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia.] (Anat.)
Defn: Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanyingthe bronchia in all their ramifications.— Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia.— Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seatedalong the bronchia.— Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia.— Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia.
BRONCHICBron"chic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Bronchial.
BRONCHIOLEBron"chi*ole, n. (Anat.)
Defn: A minute bronchial tube.
BRONCHITICBron*chit"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.
BRONCHITISBron*chi"tis, n. Etym: [Bronchus + -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.
BRONCHOBron"cho, n. Etym: [Sp. bronco rough, wild.]
Defn: A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [Western U.S.]
BRONCHOCELEBron"cho*cele, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: See Goiter.
BRONCHOPHONYBron*choph"o*ny, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; — observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.
BRONCHO-PNEUMONIABron`cho-pneu*mo"ni*a, n. Etym: [Bronchus + pneumonia.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
BRONCHOTOMEBron"cho*tome, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.
BRONCHOTOMYBron*chot"o*my, n. (Surg.)
Defn: An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.
BRONCHUSBron"chus, n.; pl. Bronchi (. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Bronchia.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
BRONCOBron"co, n.
Defn: Same as Broncho.
BRONDBrond, n. Etym: [See Brand.]
Defn: A sword. [Obs.]
BRONTOGRAPH Bron"to*graph, n. [Gr. thunder + -graph.] (Meteor.) (a) A tracing or chart showing the phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. (b) An instrument for making such tracings, as a recording brontometer.
BRONTOLITE; BRONTOLITHBron"to*lite, Bron"to*lith, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite, -lith.]
Defn: An aërolite. [R.]
BRONTOLOGYBron*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: A treatise upon thunder.
BRONTOMETERBron*tom"e*ter, n. [Gr. thunder + -meter.] (Meteor.)
Defn: An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms.
BRONTOSAURUSBron`to*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.
BRONTOTHERIUMBron`to*the"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.
BRONTOZOUMBron`to*zo"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.
Note: The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles.
BRONZE Bronze, n. Etym: [F. bronze, fr. It. bronzo brown, fr. OHG. br, G. braun. See Brown, a.]
1. An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.
2. A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze. A print, a bronze, a flower, a root. Prior.
3. A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
4. Boldness; impudence; "brass." Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. Pope. Aluminium bronze. See under Aluminium. — Bronze age, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. — Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface. — Phosphor bronze and Silicious or Silicium bronze are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.
BRONZEBronze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bronzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bronzing.] Etym:[Cf. F. bronzer. See Bronze, n.]
1. To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals. The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. W. Black.
2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead. Sir W.Scott.Bronzed skin disease. (Pathol.) See Addison's disease.
BRONZE STEELBronze steel.
Defn: A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns.
BRONZEWINGBronze"wing`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; — so called from its bronze plumage.
BRONZINEBronz"ine, n.
Defn: A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze.— a.
Defn: Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.
BRONZINGBronz"ing, n.
1. The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes. Tomlinson.
2. A material for bronzing.
BRONZISTBronz"ist, n.
Defn: One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.
BRONZITEBronz"ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. bronzite.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
BRONZYBronz"y, a.
Defn: Like bronze.
BROOCHBrooch, n. Etym: [See Broach, n.]
1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. B. Jonson.
2. (Paint.)
Defn: A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
BROOCHBrooch, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p. p. Brooched (.]
Defn: To adorn as with a brooch. [R.]
BROOD Brood, n. Etym: [OE. brod, AS. brod; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G. brut, and also to G. brühe broth, MHG. brüeje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf. Breed, v. t.]
1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood ofchicken.As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings. Luke xiii. 34.A hen followed by a brood of ducks. Spectator.
2. The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children. The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood. Wordsworth.
3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.
4. (Mining)
Defn: Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. To sit on brood, to ponder.[Poetic] Shak.
BROODBrood, a.
1. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
2. Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
BROODBrood, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooding.]
1. To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton.
2. To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; — usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes. Brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. Tennyson.
BROODBrood, v. t.
1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
2. To cherish with care. [R.]
3. To think anxiously or moodily upon. You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. Dryden.
BROODYBrood"y, a.
Defn: Inclined to brood. Ray.
BROOK Brook, n. Etym: [OE. brok, broke, brook, AS. broc; akin to D. broek, LG. brok, marshy ground, OHG. pruoh, G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break, so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break, v. t.]
Defn: A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks ofwater. Deut. viii. 7.Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.Shak.
BROOK Brook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking.] Etym: [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr, G. brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br, Goth. br, and L. frui, to enjoy. Cf. Fruit, Broker.]
1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten Macaulay.
3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] Sir J. Hawkins.
BROOKITEBrook"ite, n. Etym: [Named from the English mineralogist,H.J.Brooke.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
BROOKLETBrook"let, n.
Defn: A small brook.
BROOKLIMEBrook"lime`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana. [Formerly written broklempe or broklympe.]
BROOK MINTBrook" mint`. (Bot.)
Defn: See Water mint.
BROOKSIDEBrook"side`, n.
Defn: The bank of a brook.
BROOKWEEDBrook"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.
BROOM Broom, n. Etym: [OE. brom, brome, AS. brom; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. bramo broom, thornbrombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.
2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; — so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; — called also knee holly. See Cladophyll. — Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. — Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
BROOMBroom, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: See Bream.
BROOM CORNBroom" corn`. (Bot.)
Defn: A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.
BROOM RAPEBroom" rape`. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum.
BROOMSTAFFBroom"staff`, n.
Defn: A broomstick. [Obs.] Shak.
BROOMSTICKBroom"stick`, n.
Defn: A stick used as a handle of a broom.
BROOMYBroom"y, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resemblingbroom or a broom.If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer.
BROSEBrose, n. Etym: [CF. Gael. brothas. Cf. Brewis, Broth.]
Defn: Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used. [Scot.]
BROTELBrot"el, a.
Defn: Brittle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BROTELNESSBrot"el*ness, n.
Defn: Brittleness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BROTHBroth, n. Etym: [AS. bro; akin to OHG. brod, brot; cf. Ir. broth,Gael. brot. *93. Cf. Brewis, Brew.]
Defn: Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison.
BROTHEL Broth"el, n. Etym: [OE. brothel, brodel, brethel, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. beró to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with bordel brothel. CF. Bordel.]
Defn: A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.
BROTHELERBroth"el*er, n.
Defn: One who frequents brothels.
BROTHELRYBroth"el*ry, n.
Defn: Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson.
BROTHER Broth"er, n.; pl. Brothers or Brethren. See Brethren. Etym: [OE. brother, AS. bro; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. bro, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. bro, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. brat, L. frater, Skr. bhrat, Zend. bratar brother, Gr. Brothers; in the solemn style, Brethren, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dat. sing. bre, nom. pl. bro, bro. sq. root258. Cf. Frair, Fraternal.]
1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother. Wordsworth.
2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; — used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawers, professors of religion, etc. "A brother of your order." Shak. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother. Shak.
3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. That April morn Of this the very brother. Wordsworth.
Note: In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. For of whom such massacre Make they but of their brethren, men of men Milton. Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as "Brother Jonathan." — Blood brother. See under Blood.
BROTHERBroth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brothered.]
Defn: To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. Sir W. Scott.
BROTHER GERMANBroth"er ger"man. (Law)
Defn: A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
BROTHERHOODBroth"er*hood, n. Etym: [Brother + -hood.]
1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, — especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth.
Syn.— Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.
BROTHER-IN-LAWBroth"er-in-law`, n.; pl. Brothers-in-law (.
Defn: The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
BROTHERLINESSBroth"er*li*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being brotherly.
BROTHERLYBroth"er*ly, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.
Syn.— Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender.
BROTHERLYBroth"er*ly, adv.
Defn: Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. "I speak but brotherly of him." Shak.
BROUDEDBroud"ed, p.a.
Defn: Braided; broidered. [Obs.]Alle his clothes brouded up and down. Chaucer.
BROUGHAMBrough"am, n.
Defn: A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.
BROWBrow, n. Etym: [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br; akin to AS. br, breáw,eyelid, OFries. bre, D. braauw, Icel. bra, br, OHG. prawa, G. braue,OSlav. br, Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant,Gr. bhr. Cf. Bray a bank, Bridge.]
1. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit. And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise. Churchill.
2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow. 'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. Shak.
3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow. Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. Shak.
4. The general air of the countenance. To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. Milton. He told them with a masterly brow. Milton.
5. The edge or projecting upper aprt of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill. To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.
BROWBrow, v. t.
Defn: To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.] Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade. Milton.
BROWBEATBrow"beat`, v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n.Browbeating.]
Defn: To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. W. Irving.
BROWBEATINGBrow"beat`ing, n.
Defn: The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange.
BROWBOUNDBrow"bound`, a.
Defn: Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak.
BROWDYNGBrowd"yng, n.
Defn: Embroidery. [Obs.]Of goldsmithrye, of browdying, and of steel. Chaucer.
BROWEDBrowed, a.
Defn: Having (such) a brow; — used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern-browed.
BROWLESSBrow"less, a.
Defn: Without shame. L. Addison.
BROWN Brown, a. [Compar. Browner; superl. Brownest.] Etym: [OE. brun, broun, AS. br; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br, Icel. br, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. *93, 253. Cf. Bruin, Beaver, Burnish, Brunette.]
Defn: Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red oryellow.Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. Longfellow.Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, withbronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.— Brown bread (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unboltedwheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "Hewould mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic."Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or ofwheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] — Brown coal,wood coal. See Lignite.— Brown hematite or Brown iron ore (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide,limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite.— Brown holland. See under Holland.— Brown paper, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, madeof unbleached materials.— Brown spar (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in partidentical with ankerite.— Brown stone. See Brownstone.— Brown stout, a strong kind of proter or malt liquor.— Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. W.Irving.
BROWNBrown, n.
Defn: A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
BROWNBrown, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n. Browning.]
1. To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow.
2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. Ure.
BROWNBrown, v. i.
Defn: To become brown.
BROWNBACKBrown"back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
BROWN BILLBrown" bill`. Etym: [Brown + bill cutting tool.]
Defn: A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brown bill. Shak.
Note: The black, or as it is sometimes called, the brown bill, was a kind of halberd, the cutting part hooked like a woodman's bill, from the back of which projected a spike, and another from the head. Grose.
BROWNIANBrown"i*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below. Brownian movement, the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by the microscopic particles of substances when suspended in water or other fluids.
BROWNIE Brown"ie, n. Etym: [So called from its supposed tawny or swarthy color.]
Defn: An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]
BROWNINGBrown"ing, n.
1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.
2. (Masonry)
Defn: A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
BROWNISHBrown"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat brown.
BROWNISMBrown"ism, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.Milton.
BROWNISMBrown"ism, n. (Med.)
Defn: The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. SeeBrunonian.
BROWNISTBrown"ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers.
BROWNISTBrown"ist, n. (Med.)
Defn: One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
BROWNNESSBrown"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being brown. Now like I brown (O lovely brown thy hair); Only in brownness beauty dwelleth there. Drayton.
BROWN RACEBrown race.
Defn: The Malay or Polynesian race; — loosely so called.
BROWNSTONEBrown"stone`, n.
Defn: A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.
BROWN THRUSHBrown" thrush". (Zoöl.)
Defn: A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; — also called brown thrasher.
BROWNWORTBrown"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
BROWNYBrown"y, a.
Defn: Brown or, somewhat brown. "Browny locks." Shak.
BROWPOSTBrow"post`, n. (Carp.)
Defn: A beam that goes across a building.
BROWSE Browse, n. Etym: [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., Brush, n.]
Defn: The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. Spenser. Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. Dryden.
BROWSEBrowse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Browsing.] Etym:[For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See Browse, n., andcf. Brut.]
1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; — said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals. Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsedst. Shak.
2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze. Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. Tennyson.
BROWSEBrowse, v. i.
1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. Shak.
BROWSERBrows"er, n.
Defn: An animal that browses.
BROWSEWOODBrowse"wood`, n.