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.
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 (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.
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 (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.
Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. -- Churchill.
Bravo (interj.) Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Bravo (n.) A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn: assassin, assassinator, bravo].
Bravo (n.) A cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance.
Bravo (v.) Applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava.'
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.
Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. -- Golden Boke.
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.
Where the brook brawls along the painful road. -- Wordsworth.
Syn: To wrangle; squabble; contend.
Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
His sports were hindered by the brawls. -- Shak.
Syn: Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
Brawl (n.) An uproarious party [syn: bash, do, brawl].
Brawl (n.) A noisy fight in a crowd [syn: brawl, free-for-all]
Brawl (v.) To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" [syn: brawl, wrangle].
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.
Common brawler (Law), One who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). -- Wharton.
Brawler (n.) A fighter (especially one who participates in brawls).
Brawling (a.) Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
She is an irksome brawling scold. -- Shak.
Brawling (a.) Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.
A brawling stream. -- J. S. Shairp.
Brawlingly (adv.) In a brawling manner.
Brawn (n.) A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]
Formed well of brawns and of bones. -- Chaucer.
Brawn (n.) Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn without brains is thine. -- Dryden.
It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. -- E. Hall.
And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. -- Shak.
Brawn (n.) The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn. -- Mortimer.
Brawn (n.) A boar. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Brawn (n.) Possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness].
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.
Bray (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. -- Dryden.
Bray (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
Heard ye the din of battle bray? -- Gray.
Bray (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. -- MIlton.
And varying notes the war pipes brayed. -- Sir W. Scott.
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.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. -- Prov. xxvii. 22.
Bray (n.) The harsh cry of an
ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
Bray (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is
now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] -- Fairfax.
Bray (n.) The cry of an ass.
Bray (v.) Braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw, bray].
Bray (v.) Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute].
Bray (v.) Laugh loudly and harshly.
Bray, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 1035
Housing Units (2000): 419
Land area (2000): 62.253863 sq. miles (161.236757 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.699251 sq. miles (1.811052 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 62.953114 sq. miles (163.047809 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08550
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.630587 N, 97.835246 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bray, OK
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Brayer (n.) An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.
Brayer (n.) One that brays like an ass. -- Pope.
Braying (a.) Making a harsh noise; blaring. "Braying trumpets." -- Shak.
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. "Now I am brazes to it." -- Shak.
Braze (v. t.) To cover or ornament with brass. -- Chapman.
Braze (v.) Solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point.
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.
Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. -- W. Black.
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.
Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age.
Brazen age. (b) (Arch[ae]ol.) See under Bronze.
Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), A large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
Brazen (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].
Brazen (a.) Made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
Brazen (v.) Face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out."
Brazen-browed (a.) Shamelessly impudent. -- Sir T. Browne.
Brazenface (n.) An impudent or shameless person. "Well said, brazenface; hold it out." -- Shak.
Brazenfaced (a.) Impudent; shameless.
Brazenly (adv.) In a bold, impudent manner.
Brazenly (adv.) In a brazen manner; "he spoke brazenly."
Brazenness (n.) The quality or state of being brazen. -- Johnson.
Brazenness (n.) Behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame [syn: shamelessness, brazenness].
Braise, Braize (n.) (Zool.) A European marine fish ({Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written brazier.] Braise
Brasier, Brazier (n.) An artificer who works in brass. -- Franklin. Brazier
Brasier, 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.
Brazier (n.) Same as Brasier.
Brazier (n.) Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times [syn: brazier, brasier].
Braziletto (n.) See Brazil wood.
Brazil wood, Brazilwood, () The wood of the oriental C[ae]salpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
Brazil wood, Brazilwood, () 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 Caesalpinia Braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows.
Brazil wood, Brazilwood, () A tropical tree ({Caesalpinia echinata) with a prickly trunk; its heavy red heartwood (also called brazilwood) yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Syn: peachwood, pernambuco 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.) (Chem.) 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. [Written also brezilin.]
Brazil nut () An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell. Brazil wood
Brazil nut (n.) Tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: brazil nut, brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa].
Brazil nut (n.) Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell [syn: brazil nut, brazil].
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 Caesalpinia Braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows.
Brazil wood () A tropical tree ({Caesalpinia echinata) with a prickly trunk; its heavy red heartwood (also called brazilwood) yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Syn: peachwood, pernambuco wood.
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.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. -- Shak.