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- English Word Brantail Definition The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.
- English Word Branular Definition Relating to the brain; cerebral.
- English Word Brasen Definition Same as Brazen.
- English Word Brash Definition Hasty in temper; impetuous.
- English Word Brash Definition Brittle, as wood or vegetables.
- English Word Brash Definition A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
- English Word Brash Definition Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
- English Word Brash Definition Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
- English Word Brash Definition Broken fragments of ice.
- English Word Brasier Definition Alt. of Brazier
- English Word Brasier Definition Alt. of Brazier
- English Word Brass Definition 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.
- English Word Brass Definition 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.
- English Word Brass Definition Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
- English Word Brass Definition Impudence; a brazen face.
- English Word Brass Definition Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
- English Word Brass Definition 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.
- English Word Brass Definition Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
- English Word Brass-visaged Definition Impudent; bold.
- English Word Brassage Definition A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.
- English Word Brassart Definition 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.
- English Word Brasse Definition A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.
- English Word Brasses Definition of Brass
- English Word Brassets Definition See Brassart.
- English Word Brassica Definition 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.
- English Word Brassicaceous Definition Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.
- English Word Brassiness Definition The state, condition, or quality of being brassy.
- English Word Brassy Definition Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
- English Word Brassy Definition Impudent; impudently bold.
- English Word Brast Definition To burst.