Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 81
Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Brevier (n.) (Print.) A size of type between bourgeois and minion.
Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking. [R.]
Breviped (a.) (Zool.) Having short legs.
Breviped (n.) A breviped bird.
Brevipen (n.) (Zool.) A brevipennate bird.
Brevipennate (a.) (Zool.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu. Brevirostral
Brevirostral (a.) Alt. of Brevirostrate.
Brevirostrate (a.) (Zool.) Short-billed; having a short beak.
Brevities (n. pl. ) of Brevity.
Brevity (n.) Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.
Brevity (n.) Contraction into few words; conciseness.
Brevity is the soul of wit. -- Shak.
This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. -- Bp. Porteus.
Syn: Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness.
Brevity (n.) The use of brief expressions.
Brevity (n.) The attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity, briefness, transience].
Brewed (imp. & p. p.) of Brew.
Brewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brew.
Brew (v. t.) 釀造；用……釀酒；泡（茶），煮（咖啡），調製（飲料） To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. "She brews good ale." -- Shak.
Brew (v. t.) To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. -- Shak.
Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! -- Milton.
Brew (v. i.) 釀（啤）酒；被沖泡（或煮） To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. -- Shak.
Brew (v. i.) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. -- Shak.
Brew (n.) [C] 釀製飲料，啤酒，酒；（釀製飲料的）質地，口味 The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. -- Bacon.
Brew (n.) Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling [syn: brew, brewage].
Brew (v.) Prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years".
Brew (v.) Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing".
BREW, () Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (CDMA, Oualcomm).
Brewage (n.) Malt liquor; drink brewed. "Some well-spiced brewage." -- Milton.
A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine. -- Macaulay.
Brewage (n.) Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling [syn: brew, brewage].
Brewer (n.) （啤） 酒製造者；陰謀家 One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
Brewer (n.) Someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water [syn: brewer, beer maker].
Brewer (n.) The owner or manager of a brewery.
Brewer, ME -- U.S. city in Maine
Population (2000): 8987
Housing Units (2000): 4064
Land area (2000): 15.097736 sq. miles (39.102955 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.498925 sq. miles (1.292211 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.596661 sq. miles (40.395166 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06925
Located within: Maine (ME), FIPS 23
Location: 44.786960 N, 68.754709 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 04412
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Brewer, ME
Brewer
Brewery (n.) 啤酒廠，釀造廠 [C] A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.
Brewery (n.) A plant where beer is brewed by fermentation.
Brewhouse (n.) A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
Brewing (n.) The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
Brewing (n.) The quantity brewed at once.
A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. -- Bacon.
Brewing (n.) A mixing together.
I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. -- Holland.
Brewing (n.) (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.
Brewing (n.) The production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast.
Brewis (n.) Broth or pottage. [Obs.]
Let them
of their Bonner's "beef" and "broth" make what
brewis they please for their credulous guests. -- Bp. Hall.
Brewis (n.) Bread soaked in broth, drippings of roast meat, milk,
or water and butter.
Brewsterite (n.) A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia.
Brexit (n.) [S or U] （英國脫離歐盟）退歐 An exit (= act of leaving) by the United Kingdom from the European Union (short for “British exit”).
// There have been various attempts to calculate how much Brexit will cost.
Compare: No deal Brexit
No deal Brexit (n.) More than two hundred MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May asking her to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
The MPs are from different political parties and want to protect jobs and manufacturing.
They have been invited to meet the prime minister on Tuesday. Theresa May is trying to gain support for her withdrawal deal with the EU ahead of a vote in Parliament next week.
However, if her deal isn't backed by MPs, there is the possibility of a 'no deal Brexit'.
What is a no deal Brexit?
A no deal Brexit means the UK would leave the European Union (EU) immediately on 29 March 2019, and there would be no agreements in place about what their relationship would be like in future.
This is not what anybody in Parliament wants, but it's a possible outcome if politicians can't agree on what should happen next.
So the government needs some plans in place.
Brezilin (n.) See Brazilin.
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.]
Briar (n.) Same as Brier.
Brier, Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
Brier, Briar (n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
The thorns and briers of reproof. -- Cowper.
Brier root, The root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier.
Cat brier, Green brier, Several species of Smilax ({Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)
Sweet+brier+({Rosa+rubiginosa">Sweet brier ({Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.
Yellow brier, The Rosa Eglantina.
Briarean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.
Bribable (a.) Capable of being bribed.
A more bribable class of electors. -- S. Edwards.
Bribable (a.) Capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" [syn: corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal].
Bribe (n.) A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bribe (n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. -- Hobart.
Bribe (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever?blooming sweets. -- Akenside.
Bribed (imp. & p. p.) of Bribe.
Bribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bribe.
Bribe (v. t.) To rob or steal. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bribe (v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. -- F. W. Robertson.
Bribe (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
Bribe (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
Bribe (v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. -- Bouvier.
The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. -- Goldsmith.
Bribe (n.) Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment [syn: bribe, payoff].
Bribe (v.) Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms].
Bribe, () None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).
BRIBE, () crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act.
Bribeless (a.) Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.
From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Briber (n.) A thief. [Obs.] -- Lydgate.
Briber (n.) One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
Briber (n.) That which bribes; a bribe.
His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. -- Shak.
Briber (n.) Someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act [syn: briber, suborner].
Briberies (n. pl. ) of Bribery.
Bribery (n.) Robbery; extortion. [Obs.]
Bribery (n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Bribery oath, An oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. [Eng.]
Bribery (n.) The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage [syn: bribery, graft].
Bribery, () crim. law. The receiving or offering any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever, whose ordinary profession or business relates to the administration of public justice, in order to influence his behaviour in office, and to incline him to act contrary to his duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity. 3 Inst. 149; 1 Hawk. P. C. 67, s. 2 4 Bl. Com. 139; 1 Russ. Cr. 156.
Bribery, () The term bribery extends now further, and includes the offence of giving a bribe to many other officers. The offence of the giver and of the receiver of the bribe has the same name. For the sake of distinction, that of the former, viz : the briber, might be properly denominated active. bribery; while that of the latter, viz : the person bribed, might be called passive bribery.
Bribery, () Bribery at elections for members of parliament, has always been a crime at common law, and punishable by indictment or information. It still remains so in England notwithstanding the stat. 24 Geo. H. c. 14 3 Burr. 1340, 1589. To constitute the offence, it is not necessary that the person bribed should, in fact, vote as solicited to do 3 Burr. 1236; or even that he should have a right to vote at all both are entirely immaterial. 3 Bur. 1590-1.
Bribery, () An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. 2 Dall. 384; 4 Burr. 2500 3 Inst. 147; 2 Campb. R. 229; 2 Wash. 88; 1 Virg. Cas. 138; 2 Virg. Cas. 460.
Bric-a brac (n.) [F.] Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.
Compare: Paved
Paved (a.) Covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways. [Narrower terms: asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac, tarmacadam; blacktopped, brick, cobblestone, cobblestoned] [ant: unpaved].
Syn: hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [British], sealed [Australian].
Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.-- Layard.
Brick (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. -- Weale.
Brick (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).
Brick (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
Brick clay, Clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
Brick dust, Dust of pounded or broken bricks.
Brick earth, Clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
Brick loaf, A loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape.
Brick nogging (Arch.), Rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling.
Brick tea, Tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. -- S. W. Williams.
Brick trimmer (Arch.), A brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire.
Brick trowel. See Trowel.
Brick works, A place where bricks are made.
Bath brick. See under Bath, a city.
Pressed brick, Bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks.
Bricked (imp. & p. p.) of Brick.
Bricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brick.
Brick (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.
Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.
To brick up, To fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
Brick (n.) Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material.
Brick (n.) A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy.
Brickbat (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4. -- Bacon.
Brickbat (n.) A fragment of brick used as a weapon.
Brickbat (n.) Blunt criticism.
Brickkiln (n.) A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.
Brickkiln (n.) A kiln for making bricks.
Bricklayer (n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks.
Bricklayer's itch. See under Itch.
Bricklayer (n.) A craftsman skilled in building with bricks.
Bricklaying (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.
Bricklaying (n.) The craft of laying bricks.
Brickle (a.) Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] -- Spenser.
As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. -- Turbervile.
Brickle (a.) Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly].
Brickleness (n.) Brittleness. [Obs.]
Brickmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n.
Brickwork (n.) 磚結構；磚建築體 Anything made of bricks.
Niches in brickwork form the most difficult part of the bricklayer's art. -- Tomlinson.
Brickwork (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.
Brickwork (n.) Masonry done with bricks and mortar.
Bricky (a.) Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust.
Brickyard (n.) A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place.
Bricole (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
Brid (n.) A bird.
Bridal (n.) Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
Bridal (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.
Bridalty (n.) Celebration of the nuptial feast.
Bride (n.) 新娘；即將做新娘的女子；【英】【俚】姑娘；女朋友 A woman newly married, or about to be married.
Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. -- Lyttleton.
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. -- Rev. xxi. 9.
Bride (n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved.
Bride of the sea, The city of Venice.
Bride (v. t.) To make a bride of. [Obs.]
Bride (n.) A woman who has recently been married.
Bride (n.) Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride].
Bride (n.) A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony.
Bride, () Frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called "the bride" (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13).
BRIDE, (n.) A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Bride-ale (n.) A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.
Bridebed (n.) The marriage bed.
Bridecake (n.) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
Bridechamber (n.) The nuptial apartment.
Bridegroom (n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married.
Brideknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.
Bridemaid (n.) Alt. of Brideman.
Brideman (n.) See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.
Bridesmaid (n.) 女儐相；伴娘 [C] A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
Bridesmaid (n.) An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding [syn: bridesmaid, maid of honor].
Bridesmen (n. pl. ) of Bridesman
Bridesman (n.) 男儐相A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." -- Sir W. Scott.
Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.
Bridewell
(n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so
called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in
Bridge (n.) [C] 橋，橋樑；（艦船的）橋樓；艦橋；駕駛臺 A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
Bridge (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
Bridge (n.) (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
Bridge (n.) (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
Bridge (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct.
Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See under Ass, Bascule, Bateau.
Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), A narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes.
Bridge of the nose, The upper, bony part of the nose.
Cantalever bridge. See under Cantalever.
Draw bridge. See Drawbridge.
Flying bridge, A temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means.
Girder bridge or Truss bridge, A bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.
Lattice bridge, A bridge formed by lattice girders.
Pontoon bridge, Ponton bridge. See under Pontoon.
Skew bridge, A bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.
Suspension bridge. See under Suspension.
Trestle bridge, A bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles.
Tubular bridge, A bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.
Wheatstone's bridge (Elec.), A device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.
Bridged (imp. & p. p.) of Bridge.