Brassets Bras"sets noun See Brassart .

Brassica Bras"si·ca noun [ Latin , cabbage.] (Botany) 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.

Brassicaceous Bras`si·ca"ceous adjective [ Latin brassica cabbage.] (Botany) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.

Brassière Bras`sière" noun [ French] A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.

Brassiness Brass"i·ness noun The state, condition, or quality of being brassy. [ Colloq.]

Brassy Brass"y adjective 1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

2. Impudent; impudently bold. [ Colloq.]

Brassy Brass"y noun [ Written also brassie and brassey .] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.

Brast Brast transitive verb & i. [ See Burst .] To burst. [ Obsolete]

And both his yën braste out of his face.
Chaucer.

Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast .
Spenser.

Brat Brat (brăt) noun [ Middle English bratt coarse garnment, Anglo-Saxon bratt cloak, from the Celtic; confer W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.] 1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.

3. 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.

4. The young of an animal. [ Obsolete] L'Estrange.

Brat Brat noun (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Bratsche Brat"sche noun [ G., from Italian viola da braccio viola held on the arm.] The tenor viola, or viola.

Brattice Brat"tice noun [ See Brettice .] (Mining) (a) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. (b) Planking to support a roof or wall.

Brattishing Brat"tish·ing noun 1. See Brattice , noun

2. (Architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.

Braunite Braun"ite noun (Min.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.

Bravade Bra·vade" (brȧ*vād") noun Bravado. [ Obsolete] Fanshawe.

Bravado Bra·va"do (brȧ*vā"do) noun , plural Bravadoes (-doz). [ Spanish bravada , bravata , boast, brag: confer French bravade . See Brave .] Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

In spite of our host's bravado .
Irving.

Brave Brave (brāv) adjective [ Compar. Braver ; superl. Bravest .] [ French brave , Italian or Spanish bravo , (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, probably from. Latin barbarus . See Barbarous , and confer Bravo .]

1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly ; as, a brave man; a brave act.

2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [ Obsolete 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.

3. 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 Brave noun 1. 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.

2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.

3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

Hot braves like thee may fight.
Dryden.

4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [ Obsolete]

Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
And so in this, to bear me down with braves .
Shak.

Brave Brave transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Braved (brāvd); present participle & verbal noun Braving .] 1. 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.

2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [ Obsolete]

Thou [ a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.
Shak.

Bravely Brave"ly adverb 1. In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.

2. Finely; gaudily; gayly; showily.

And [ she] decked herself bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her.
Judith. x. 4.

3. Well; thrivingly; prosperously. [ Colloq.]

Braveness Brave"ness noun The quality of state or being brave.

Bravery Brav"er·y noun [ Confer French braverie .] 1. The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

Remember, sir, my liege, . . .
The natural bravery of your isle.
Shak.

2. The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [ Obsolete]

Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons.
Bacon.

3. 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.

4. A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [ Obsolete]

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 .

Braving Brav"ing noun A bravado; a boast.

With so proud a strain
Of threats and bravings .
Chapman.

Bravingly Brav"ing·ly adverb In a defiant manner.

Bravo Bra"vo noun ; plural Bravoes [ I. See Brave , adjective ] 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 Bra"vo interj. [ Italian See Brave .] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.

Bravura Bra·vu"ra noun [ Italian , (properly) bravery, spirit, from bravo . See Brave .] (Mus.) 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.

Aria di bravura [ Italian ], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.

Braw Braw adjective [ See Brave , adjective ] [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 1. Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. "A braw new gown." Burns.

2. Good; fine. "A braw night." Sir W. Scott.

Brawl Brawl intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Brawled ; present participle & verbal noun Brawling .] [ Middle English braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; confer LG. brallen to brag, Middle High German pr ... ulen , German prahlen , French brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar , braillar , W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. ...95.] 1. 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.

2. To complain loudly; to scold.

3. 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 Brawl noun 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.

Brawler Brawl"er noun 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.

Brawling Brawl"ing adjective 1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

She is an irksome brawling scold.
Shak.

2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl , intransitive verb , 3.

A brawling stream.
J. S. Shairp.

Brawlingly Brawl"ing·ly adverb In a brawling manner.

Brawn Brawn noun [ Old French braon fleshy part, muscle, from HG. br...to flesh, German braten roast meat; akin to Icelandic br...... flesh, food of beasts, Anglo-Saxon br ...de roast meat, br...dan to roast, German braten , and possibly to English breed .] 1. A muscle; flesh. [ Obsolete]

Formed well of brawns and of bones.
Chaucer.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. A boar. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Brawned Brawned adjective Brawny; strong; muscular. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Brawner Brawn"er noun A boor killed for the table.

Brawniness Brawn"i·ness noun The quality or state of being brawny.

Brawny Brawn"y adjective Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. " Brawny limbs." W. Irving.

Syn. -- Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust.

Braxy Brax"y noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon breac rheum, broc sickness, Ir. bracha corruption. Jamieson .] 1. A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities. [ Scot.]

2. A diseased sheep, or its mutton.

Bray Bray transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Brayed ; present participle & verbal noun Braying .] [ Middle English brayen , Old French breier , French broyer to pound, grind, from Old High German brehhan to break. See Break .] 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 Bray intransitive verb [ OE brayen , French braire to bray, Old French braire to cry, from Late Latin bragire to whinny; perhaps from the Celtic and akin to English break ; or perhaps of imitative origin.]

1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

Laugh, and they
Return it louder than an ass can bray .
Dryden.

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

Heard ye the din of battle bray ?
Gray.

Bray Bray transitive verb 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.

Bray Bray noun The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

The bray and roar of multitudinous London.
Jerrold.

Bray Bray noun [ Middle English braye , brey , brew , eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra , brae , bray , from Anglo-Saxon br...w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icelandic br... eyebrow, bank, also akin to Anglo-Saxon br ... yebrow. See Brow .] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae , which is now the usual spelling. [ North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.

Brayer Bray"er noun An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

Brayer Bray"er noun One that brays like an ass. Pope.

Braying Bray"ing adjective Making a harsh noise; blaring. " Braying trumpets." Shak.

Braze Braze intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Brazed ; present participle & verbal noun Brazing .] [ French braser to solder, from Icelandic brasa to harden by fire. Confer Brass .] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

2. To harden. "Now I am brazes to it." Shak.

Braze Braze transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon bræsian , from bræs brass. See Brass .] To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.

Brazen Bra"zen adjective [ Middle English brasen , Anglo-Saxon bræsen . See Brass .] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.

2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.

3. 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. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze . -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.) , a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.

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