Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 76
Branching (n.) The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.
The sciences, with their numerous branchings. -- L. Watts.
Branching (a.) Having branches [syn: branched, branching, ramose, ramous, ramate].
Branching (a.) Resembling the branches of a tree
Branching (n.) The act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: branching, ramification, fork, forking].
Branchiogastropoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.
Branchiomerism (n.) (Anat.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments. -- R. Wiedersheim.
Branchiopod (n.) One of the Branchiopoda.
Branchiopod (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda [syn: branchiopod, branchiopodan, branchiopodous].
Branchiopod (n.) Aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding [syn: branchiopod crustacean, branchiopod, branchiopodan].
Compare: Phyllopoda
Phyllopoda (prop. n.) (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in {Branchiopoda"> swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda.
Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell ({Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace ({Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.
Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera.
Branchiopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
Branchiopoda (n.) Primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas [syn: Branchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda].
Branchiostegal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.
Branchiostegal (n.) (Anat.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.
Note: This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchi[ae]. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected.
Branchiostege () (Anat.) The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.
Branchiostegous (a.) (Anat.) Branchiostegal.
Branchiostoma (n.) (Zool.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus.
Branchiura (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice ({Argulus).
Branchiura (n.) Copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes [syn: Branchiura, order Branchiura].
Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
Branchless (a.) Having no branches [ant: branchy].
Branchlet (n.) A little branch; a twig.
Branchlet (n.) A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig, sprig].
Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.
Branchy (a.) Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.
Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom. -- J. Scott.
Branchy (a.) Having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk" [ant: branchless].
Branded (imp. & p. p.) of Brand.
Branding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brand.
Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).
Brand (v. t.) To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. -- Prescott.
There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. -- South.
Brand (v. t.) To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
As if it were branded on my mind. -- Geo. Eliot.
Brand (n.) A 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.
Brand (n.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] -- Tennyson.
Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. -- Milton.
Brand (n.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.
Brand (n.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
The brand of private vice. -- Channing.
Brand (n.) An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
Brand (n.) (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
Brand (n.) A name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque].
Brand (n.) A recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make].
Brand (n.) Identification mark on skin, made by burning.
Brand (n.) A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand].
Brand (n.) A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" -- Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain].
Brand (n.) A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel].
Brand (v.) Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals.
Brand (v.) To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark].
Brand (v.) Mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark].
Brand (v.) Mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post, brand].
Brand (n.) [ C ] (Product) (B2) 商標，牌子 A type of product made by a particular company.
// This isn't my usual brand of deodorant.
// When I go to a supermarket I usually buy own (US store) brands (= the cheaper products with the shop's own name on them).
Brand of sth 一種…，一類…；做…的方式 A particular type of something, or way of doing something.
// A team that plays a distinctive brand of football.
// Do you like his brand of humour?
Brand (n.) [ C ] (Flame) (Literary) 火炬；火把 A piece of burning wood used to give light.
Brand (n.) [ C ] (Mark) 打烙印於；以烙鐵打（標記） A mark that is burned or frozen into the skin of an animal such as a cow to show who owns it.
// The brand was still visible on the animal's hide.
Brand (v.) (Judge) [ T obj noun/ adj ] 加汙名於；譴責 To say that you think someone is the sort of person that is stated.
// Because of one minor offence he was branded (as) a common criminal.
// The newspapers have branded the rebel MP a fool.
Brand (v.) (Mark) [ T ] 打烙印於；以烙鐵打（標記） To mark an animal such as a cow by burning or freezing its skin to show you own it.
// The cattle were rounded up and branded.
Brander (n.) One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.
Brander (n.) A gridiron. [Scot.]
Brand goose () (Zool.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
Compare: Brant
Brant (n.) (Zool.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
Brandied (a.) Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.
Branding iron () An iron to brand with.
Branding iron (n.) Implement used to brand live stock [syn: iron, branding iron].
Brand iron () A branding iron.
Brand iron () A trivet to set a pot on. -- Huloet.
Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron.
Brandished (imp. & p. p.) of Brandish.
Brandishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brandish.
Brandish (v. t.) 揮舞；炫耀 To 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.
Brandish (v. t.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
Brandish (n.) 揮動，揮舞 [C] A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. "Brandishes of the fan." -- Tailer.
Brandish (n.) A menacing or defiant wave or flourish.
Brandish (v. t.) To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly.
Brandish (v. t.) To display ostentatiously. [syn: Flourish].
Brandish (n.) the act of waving [syn: {flourish}, {brandish}].
Brandish (v.) Move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" [syn: {brandish}, {flourish}, {wave}].
Brandish (v.) Exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword."
Brandisher (n.) One who brandishes.
Brandle (v. t. & i.) To shake; to totter. [Obs.] Brandling
Brandling (n.) Alt. of Brandlin
Brandlin (n.) (Zool.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm.
Brand-new (a.) Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
Brand-new (a.) Conspicuously new; "shiny brand-new shoes"; "a spick-and-span novelty" [syn: brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span].
Brand new (a.) (B1) 全新的，嶄新的 Completely new, especially not yet used.
// How can afford to buy himself a brand new car?
// Her coat looked as if it was brand new.
Brand spore () (Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.
Brandies (n. pl. ) of Brandy.
Brandy (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
Brandy fruit, Fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
Brandy (n.) Distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
Brandy. () A spirituous liquor made of wine by distillation. See stat. 22 Car. H. c. 4.
Brandy, (n.) A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan. Dose, a headful all the time.
Brandy is said by Dr. Johnson to be the drink of heroes. Only a hero will venture to drink it.
Brandywine (n.) Brandy. [Obs.] -- Wiseman.
Brandywine, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000): 1410
Housing Units (2000): 501
Land area (2000): 4.401125 sq. miles (11.398861 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.401125 sq. miles (11.398861 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09325
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 38.698564 N, 76.849143 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 20613
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Brandywine, MD
Brandywine
Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.]
A brangle between him and his neighbor. -- Swift.
Brangled (imp. & p. p.) of Brangle.
Brangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brangle.
Brangle (v. i.) To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]
Branglement (n.) Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]
Brangler (n.) A quarrelsome person.
Brangling (n.) A quarrel. [R.] -- Whitlock.
Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Brank (v. i.) To prance; to caper. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Brank (n.) Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] -- Halliwell. Brank
Brank (n.) Alt. of Branks.
Branks (n.) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] -- Jamieson.
Branks (n.) A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
Brankursine (n.) (Bot.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
Branlin (n.) (Zool.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
Branlin (n.) A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.
Bran-new (a.) See Brand-new.
Bran-new (a.) Conspicuously new; "shiny brand-new shoes"; "a spick-and-span novelty" [syn: brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span].
Branny (a.) Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran. -- Wiseman.
Bransle (n.) A brawl or dance. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Compare: Brent
Brent, Brant (a.) Steep; high. [Obs.]
Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. -- Ascham.
Brent, Brant (a.) Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was brent. -- Burns.
Brand goose, () (Zool.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
Brant (n.) (Zool.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
Brant (a.) Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
Brant (n.) Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose].
Compare: Redstart
Redstart (n.) (Zool.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Phoenicurus phoenicurus, formerly Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is Phoenicurus ochruros (formerly Phoenicurus tithys), and is now rare and protected by law in England. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla and allied genera, native of India.
Redstart (n.) (Zool.) (b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.
Brantail (n.) (Zool.) The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.
Brant-fox (n.) (Zool.) A kind of fox found in Sweden ({Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox ({Vulpes vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.
Branular (a.) Relating to the brain; cerebral. -- I. Taylor.
Brasen (a.) Same as Brazen.
Brash (a.) Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [Colloq., U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Brash (n.) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
Brash (n.) Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Brash (n.) (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. -- Lyell.
Brash (n.) Broken fragments of ice. -- Kane.
Water brash (Med.), An affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.
Weaning brash (Med.), A severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.
Brash (a.) Hasty in temper; impetuous. -- Grose.
Brash (a.) Offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say" [syn: brash, cheeky, nervy].
Brasier (n.) Alt. of Brazier.
Brazier (n.) An artificer who works in brass. -- Franklin. Brazier
Brasier (n.) Alt. of Brazier.
Brazier (n.) A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times.
Brasier (n.) Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times [syn: brazier, brasier].
Brasses (n. pl. ) of Brass.
Brass (n.) An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
Brass (n.) (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
Brass (n.) Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. -- Matt. x. 9.
Brass (n.) Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
Brass (n.) pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
The very scullion who cleans the brasses. -- Hopkinson.
Brass (n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
Brass (n.) pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
Brass band (Mus.), A band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, Brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also Dutch gold.
Brass (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc.
Brass (n.) A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument].
Brass (n.) The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation].
Brass (n.) Impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek].
Brass (n.) An ornament or utensil made of brass.
Brass (n.) The section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments [syn: brass section, brass].
Brass (n.) A memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque].
Brass, () Which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly copper (Deut. 8:9). It was used for fetters (Judg. 16:21; 2 Kings 25:7), for pieces of armour (1 Sam. 17:5, 6), for musical instruments (1 Chr. 15:19; 1 Cor. 13:1), and for money (Matt. 10:9).
It is a symbol of insensibility and obstinacy in sin (Isa. 48:4; Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18), and of strength (Ps. 107:16; Micah 4:13).
The Macedonian empire is described as a kingdom of brass (Dan. 2:39). The "mountains of brass" Zechariah (6:1) speaks of have been supposed to represent the immutable decrees of God.
The serpent of brass was made by Moses at the command of God (Num. 21:4-9), and elevated on a pole, so that it might be seen by all the people when wounded by the bite of the serpents that were sent to them as a punishment for their murmurings against God and against Moses. It was afterwards carried by the Jews into Canaan, and preserved by them till the time of Hezekiah, who caused it to be at length destroyed because it began to be viewed by the people with superstitious reverence (2 Kings 18:4). (See NEHUSHTAN.)
The brazen serpent is alluded to by our Lord in John 3:14, 15. (See SERPENT.)
Brassage (n.) [F.] A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.
Brassart (n.) Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.
Brasse (n.) (Zool.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.
Brassets (n.) See Brassart.
Compare: Sinapis
Sinapis (n.) [L.] (Bot.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
Sinapis (n.) Small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica [syn: Sinapis, genus Sinapis].
Brassica (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage ({B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip ({B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed ({B. napus), etc.
Brassica (n.) Mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. [syn: Brassica, genus Brassica].
Brassicaceous (a.) (Bot.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.
Brassiness (n.) The state, condition, or quality of being brassy. [Colloq.]
Brass-visaged (a.) Impudent; bold.