BRACK
BRACK, noun An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a breach; a broken part.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BRACKEN
BRACK'EN, noun Fern. [See Brake.]
BRACKET
BRACK'ET, [Heb. to bend the knee; hence it signifies the knee.]1. Among workers in timber, an angular wooden stay, in form of the knee bent, to support shelves, scaffolds and th...
BRACKISH
BRACK'ISH, adjective [Gr. to water.] Salt, or salt in a moderate degree; it is applied to any water partially saturated with salt.
BRACKISHNESS
BRACK'ISHNESS, noun The quality of being brackish; saltness in a small degree.
BRACKY
BRACK'Y, adjective Brackish. [Not used.]
BRACTE
BRACTE, noun [Latin Ainswroth writes, bractea or brattea.]In botany, a floral leaf, one of the seven fulcrums or props of plants. It differs from other leaves in shape and color...
BRACTEA
BRAC'TEABRAC'TEATE, adjective [from bractea] Furnished with bractes.
BRACTEATE
BRAC'TEATE, a. [from bractea.] Furnished with bractes.
BRACTED
BRAC'TED, adjective Furnished with bractes.
BRACTEOLATE
BRAC'TEOLATE, adjective Furnished with bracteoles.
BRACTEOLE
BRAC'TEOLE, noun A little bract.
BRAD
BRAD, in Sax., is broad, and occurs in names; as in Bradford, broadford.BRAD, noun A particular kind of nail, used in floors and other work, where it is deemed proper to drive n...
BRADYPUS
BRAD'YPUS, noun The sloth, which see.
BRAG
BRAG, verb intransitive [Eng. to brag]To boast; to display one's actions, merits or advantages ostentatiously; to tell boastful stories; followed by of; as, to brag of a good ho...
BRAGGADOCIO
BRAGGADO'CIO, noun A puffing, boasting fellow.
BRAGGARDISM
BRAG'GARDISM, noun Boastfulness; vain ostentation.
BRAGGART
BRAG'GART, noun [brag and art, ard, kind.] A boaster; a vain fellow.BRAG'GART, adjective Boastful; vainly ostentatious.
BRAGGER
BRAG'GER, noun One who brags; a boaster.
BRAGGET
BRAG'GET, noun A liquor made by fermenting the wort of ale and mead.
BRAGGING
BRAG'GING, participle present tense Boasting.
BRAGGINGLY
BRAG'GINGLY, adverb Boastingly.
BRAGLESS
BRAG'LESS, adjective Without bragging, or ostentation. [Unusual.]
BRAGLY
BRAG'LY, adverb Finely; so as it may be bragged of. [Not used.]
BRAHMA
BRAH'MA, noun [Latin primus.] The chief deity of the Indian nations, considered as the creator of all things.
BRAHMANIC
BRAHMAN'IC, adjective Pertaining to the Brachmans or Bramins of India.
BRAHMIN
BRAH'MIN, noun [See Brachman.]A priest among the Hindoos and other nations of India. There are several orders of Bramins, many of whom are very corrupt in their morals; others l...