BPage 273
- English Word Bright Definition Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
- English Word Bright Definition Splendor; brightness.
- English Word Bright Definition Brightly.
- English Word Bright Definition To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.
- English Word Bright's disease Definition An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.
- English Word Bright-harnessed Definition Having glittering armor.
- English Word Brighten Definition To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
- English Word Brighten Definition To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.
- English Word Brighten Definition To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.
- English Word Brighten Definition To make acute or witty; to enliven.
- English Word Brighten Definition To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.
- English Word Brightened Definition of Brighten
- English Word Brightening Definition of Brighten
- English Word Brightly Definition Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.
- English Word Brightly Definition With lively intelligence; intelligently.
- English Word Brightness Definition The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.
- English Word Brightness Definition Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.
- English Word Brightsome Definition Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.
- English Word Brigose Definition Contentious; quarrelsome.
- English Word Brigue Definition A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.
- English Word Brigue Definition To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.
- English Word Brike Definition A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.
- English Word Brill Definition A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.
- English Word Brillance Definition Brilliancy.
- English Word Brillancy Definition The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.
- English Word Brillante Definition In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.
- English Word Brilliant Definition Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
- English Word Brilliant Definition Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
- English Word Brilliant Definition A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.
- English Word Brilliant Definition The smallest size of type used in England printing.