Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 77
Brassy (n.) [Written also brassie and brassey.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.
Brassy (a.) Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
Brassy (a.) Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]
Brassy (a.) Resembling the sound of a brass instrument [syn: brassy, brasslike].
Brassy (a.) Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy].
Brassy (a.) Unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent].
Brast (v. t. & i.) To burst. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Brat (n.) A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Brat (n.) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Wright.
Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." -- Shak. "A beggar's brat." -- Swift.
O Israel! O household of the Lord!
O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! -- Gascoigne.
Brat (n.) The young of an animal. [Obs.] -- L'Estrange.
Brat (n.) (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Brat (n.) A very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror].
Brat (n.) A small pork sausage [syn: bratwurst, brat].
Bratsche (n.) The tenor viola, or viola.
Brattice (n.) (Mining) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.
Brattice (n.) (Mining) Planking to support a roof or wall.
Brattice (n.) A partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine..
Brattice (v.) Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines.
Brattishing (n.) See Brattice, n.
Compare: Brattice
Brattice (n.) （礦坑通氣用的）間壁；【建】臨時木建築 A partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine.
Brattice (v.) Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines.
Brattishing (n.) (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
Braunite (n.) (Min.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.
Bravade (n.) Bravado. [Obs.] -- Fanshawe.
Bravadoes (n. pl. ) of Bravado.
Bravado (n.) 虛張聲勢；蠻幹，冒險（性） Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
In spite of our host's bravado. -- Irving.
Brave (a.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Brave (a.) Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.].
Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. -- Bacon.
It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. -- Pepys.
Brave (a.) Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]
Wear my dagger with the braver grace. -- Shak.
For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
In silks I'll rattle it of every color. -- Robert Greene.
Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. -- Emerson.
Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant.
Brave (n.) A brave person; one who is daring.
The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. -- F. S. Key.
Brave (n.) Specifically, an Indian warrior.
Brave (n.) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Hot braves like thee may fight. -- Dryden.
Brave (n.) A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. -- Shak.
Braved (imp. & p. p.) of Brave.
Braving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brave.
Brave (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
These I can brave, but those I can not bear. -- Dryden.
Brave (v. t.) To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]
Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. -- Shak.
Brave (a.) Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" [syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful].
Brave (a.) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing].
Brave (a.) Brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay].
Brave (n.) A North American Indian warrior.
Brave (n.) People who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave" [ant: cautious, timid].
Brave (v.) Face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out].
Bravely (adv.) In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.
Bravely (adv.) Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.
And [she] decked herself bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her. -- Judith. x. 4.
Bravely (adv.) Well; thrivingly; prosperously. [Colloq.]
Bravely (adv.) In a courageous manner; "bravely he went into the burning house" [syn: bravely, courageously].
Braveness (n.) The quality of state or being brave.
Braveness (n.) A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear [syn: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness] [ant: cowardice, cowardliness].
Bravery (n.) The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery of your isle. -- Shak.
Bravery (n.) The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.]
Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons. -- Bacon.
Bravery (n.) Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance; ostentation; fine dress.
With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery. -- Shak.
Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. -- Milton.
Bravery (n.) A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.]
A man
that is the bravery of his age. -- Beau. & Fl.
Syn: Courage; heroism; interpidity; gallantry; valor; fearlessness;
dauntlessness; hardihood; manfulness. See Courage, and Heroism.
Bravery (n.) A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear [syn: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness] [ant: cowardice, cowardliness].
Bravery (n.) Feeling no fear [syn: fearlessness, bravery] [ant: fear, fearfulness, fright].
Bravery,() (Isa. 3:18), An old English word meaning comeliness or beauty.
Braving (n.) A bravado; a boast.
With so proud a strain Of threats and bravings. -- Chapman.
Bravingly (adv.) 勇敢地In a defiant manner.
Bravoes (n. pl. ) of Bravo.
Bravo (a.) A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
Bravo (interj.) Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Bravura (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.
Brawled (imp. & p. p.) of Brawl.
Brawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brawl.
Brawl (v. i.) To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
Brawl (v. i.) To complain loudly; to scold.
Brawl (v. i.) To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
Brawl (v.) - brawled, - brawling, - Brawler (n.) : To fight noisily in usually a public place.
Brawl (v. i.) To quarrel or fight noisily : Wrangle.
Brawl (v. i.) To make a loud confused noise.
Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel or fight.
Brawl (n.) A loud tumultuous noise.
Brawl (v.) : To quarrel or fight noisily.
Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel or fight.
Brawler (n.) One that brawls; wrangler.
Brawling (a.) Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
Brawling (a.) Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.
Brawlingly (adv.) In a brawling manner.
Brawn (n.) A muscle; flesh.
Brawn (n.) Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn (n.) The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
Brawn (n.) A boar.
Brawned (a.) Brawny; strong; muscular.
Brawner (n.) A boor killed for the table.
Brawniness (n.) The quality or state of being brawny.
Brawny (a.) Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.
Braxy (n.) A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities.
Braxy (n.) A diseased sheep, or its mutton.
Brayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bray.
Braying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bray.
Bray (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
Bray (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
Bray (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
Bray (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.
Brayer (n.) An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.
Brayer (n.) One that brays like an ass.
Braying (a.) Making a harsh noise; blaring.
Brazed (imp. & p. p.) of Braze.
Brazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Braze.
Braze (v. i.) To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.
Braze (v. i.) To harden.
Braze (v. t.) To cover or ornament with brass.
Brazen (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.
Brazen (a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.
Brazen (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
Brazened (imp. & p. p.) of Brazen.
Brazening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brazen.
Brazen (v. t.) To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
Brazen-browed (a.) Shamelessly impudent.
Brazenface (n.) An impudent or shameless person.
Brazenfaced (a.) Impudent; shameless.
Brazenly (adv.) In a bold, impudent manner.
Brazenness (n.) The quality or state of being brazen.
Brazier (n.) Same as Brasier.
Braziletto (n.) See Brazil wood.
Brazilian (a.) 巴西的 Of or pertaining to Brazil. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.
{Brazilian pebble}. See {Pebble}, n., 2.
Brazilian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil.
Brazilian (n.) 巴西人 A native or inhabitant of Brazil.
Brazilin (n.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies.
Brazil nut () An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.
Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.