Bromoiodized Bro`mo·i"o·dized adjective (Photog.) Treated with bromides and iodides.
Bromol Bro"mol noun [ Abbr. from tri
bromo phen
ol .]
(Pharm.) A crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol, C 6 H 2 Br 3 OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
Brompicrin Brom·pi"crin noun [ German
brompikrin ;
brom bromine +
pikrin säure picric acid.]
(Chemistry) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO 2 Br 3 , analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin. [ Spelt also
brompikrin .]
Bromuret Brom"u·ret noun See Bromide . [ Obsolete]
Bromyrite Brom"y·rite noun [
Bromine + Greek ... silver.]
(Min.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite .
Bronchi Bron"chi noun plural (Anat.) See Bronchus .
Bronchia Bron"chi·a noun plural [ Latin ,
pl . Confer
Bronchus .]
(Anat.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison.
Bronchial Bron"chi·al adjective [ Confer French
bronchial . See
Bronchia .]
(Anat.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. Bronchial arteries ,
branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. --
Bronchial cells ,
the air cells terminating the bronchia. --
Bronchial glands ,
glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. --
Bronchial membrane ,
the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. --
Bronchial tube ,
the bronchi, or the bronchia.
Bronchic Bron"chic adjective (Anat.) Bronchial.
Bronchiole Bron"chi·ole noun (Anat.) A minute bronchial tube.
Bronchitic Bron·chit"ic adjective Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation.
Bronchitis Bron·chi"tis noun [
Bronchus +
-itis .]
(Medicine) Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.
Broncho Bron"cho noun [ Spanish
bronco rough, wild.]
A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [ Western U.S.]
Broncho-pneumonia Bron`cho-pneu·mo"ni·a noun [
Bronchus +
pneumonia .]
(Medicine) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
Bronchocele Bron"cho·cele noun [ Greek ...; ... windpipe + ... tumor.]
(Medicine) See Goiter .
Bronchophony Bron·choph"o·ny noun [ Greek ... windpipe + ... sound.]
A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.
Bronchotome Bron"cho·tome noun [ Greek ... windpipe + ... to cut.]
(Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.
Bronchotomy Bron·chot"o·my noun (Surg.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy .
Bronchus Bron"chus noun ;
plural Bronchi [ New Latin , from Greek ... windpipe. Confer
Bronchia .]
(Anat.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
Bronco Bron"co noun Same as Broncho .
Brond Brond noun [ See
Brand .]
A sword. [ Obsolete]
Brontograph Bron"to·graph noun [ Greek ... thunder +
-graph .]
(Meteor.) (a) A tracing or chart showing the phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. (b) An instrument for making such tracings, as a recording brontometer.
Brontolite, Brontolith Bron"to·lite, Bron"to·lith noun [ Greek ... +
-lite ,
-lith .]
An aërolite. [ R.]
Brontology Bron·tol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... thunder +
-logy .]
A treatise upon thunder.
Brontometer Bron·tom"e·ter noun [ Greek ... thunder +
-meter .]
(Meteor.) An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms.
Brontosaurus Bron`to·sau"rus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... thunder + ... lizard.]
(Paleon.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.
Brontotherium Bron`to·the"ri·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... thunder + ... beast.]
(Paleon.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.
Brontozoum Bron`to·zo"um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... thunder + ... animal.]
(Paleon.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone. » The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles.
Bronze Bronze noun [ French
bronze , from Italian
bronzo brown, from Old High German
br...n , German
braun . See
Brown ,
adjective ]
1. An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal. 2. A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze. A print, a bronze , a flower, a root.
Prior.
3. A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze. 4. Boldness; impudence; "brass." Imbrowned with native bronze , lo! Henley stands.
Pope.
Aluminium bronze .
See under Aluminium . --
Bronze age ,
an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. --
Bronze powder ,
a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface. --
Phosphor bronze &
Silicious or
Silicium bronze are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.
Bronze Bronze transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bronzed ;
present participle & verbal noun Bronzing .] [ Confer French
bronzer . See
Bronze ,
noun ]
1. To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals. The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger.
W. Black.
2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen. The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead.
Sir W. Scott.
Bronzed skin disease .
(Pathol.) See Addison's disease .
Bronze steel Bronze steel A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns.
Bronzewing Bronze"wing` noun (Zoology) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps , of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.
Bronzine Bronz"ine noun A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze. --
adjective Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.
Bronzing Bronz"ing noun 1. The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes. Tomlinson. 2. A material for bronzing.
Bronzist Bronz"ist noun One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.
Bronzite Bronz"ite noun [ Confer French
bronzite .]
(Min.) A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
Bronzy Bronz"y adjective Like bronze.
Brooch Brooch (brōch; 277)
noun [ See
Broach ,
noun ]
1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat.
B. Jonson.
2. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
Brooch Brooch transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Brooched (brōcht).]
To adorn as with a brooch. [ R.]
Brood Brood (brōd)
noun [ Middle English
brod , Anglo-Saxon
brōd ; akin to Dutch
broed , Old High German
bruot , German
brut , and also to German
brühe broth, Middle High German
brüeje , and perhaps to English
brawn ,
breath . Confer
Breed ,
transitive verb ]
1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens. As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
Luke xiii. 34.
A hen followed by a brood of ducks.
Spectator.
2. The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children. The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood .
Wordsworth.
3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species. Flocks of the airy brood ,
(Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).
Chapman.
4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores. To sit on brood ,
to ponder. [ Poetic]
Shak.
Brood Brood adjective 1. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs. 2. Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
Brood Brood (brōch)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Brooded ;
present participle & verbal noun Brooding .]
1. To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave.
Milton.
2. To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on ; as, to brood over misfortunes. Brooding on unprofitable gold.
Dryden.
Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.
Hawthorne.
When with downcast eyes we muse and brood .
Tennyson.
Brood Brood (brōd)
transitive verb 1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens. 2. To cherish with care. [ R.]
3. To think anxiously or moodily upon. You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne.
Dryden.
Broody Brood"y adjective Inclined to brood. Ray.
Brook Brook noun [ Middle English
brok ,
broke ,
brook , Anglo-Saxon
brōc ; akin to Dutch
broek , LG.
brōk , marshy ground, Old High German
pruoh , German
bruch marsh; probably from the root of English
break , so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See
Break ,
transitive verb ]
A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water.
Deut. viii. 7.
Empires itself, as doth an inland brook
Into the main of waters.
Shak.
Brook Brook transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Brooked ;
present participle & verbal noun Brooking .] [ Middle English
broken ,
bruken , to use, enjoy, digest, Anglo-Saxon
br...can ; akin to Dutch
gebruiken to use, Old High German
pr...hhan , German
brauchen ,
gebrauchen , Icelandic
br...ka , Goth.
br...kjan , and Latin
frui , to enjoy. Confer
Fruit ,
Broker .]
1. To use; to enjoy. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord,
Crouch to the wicked ten?
Macaulay.
3. To deserve; to earn. [ Obsolete]
Sir J. Hawkins.
Brook mint Brook" mint` (Botany) See Water mint .
Brookite Brook"ite noun [ Named from the English mineralogist, H. J.
Brooke .]
(Min.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
Brooklet Brook"let noun A small brook.
Brooklime Brook"lime` noun (Botany) A plant ( Veronica Beccabunga ), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana . [ Formerly written
broklempe or
broklympe .]
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