BRANCH-LEAF
BR'ANCH-LEAF, noun A leaf growing on a branch.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BRANCH-PEDUNCLE
BR'ANCH-PEDUNCLE, noun A peduncle springing from a branch.
BRANCH-PILOT
BR'ANCH-PILOT, noun A pilot who has a branch or public commission.
BRANCHED
BR'ANCHED, participle passive Divided or spread into branches; separated into subordinate parts; adorned with branches; furnished with branches.
BRANCHER
BR'ANCHER, noun One that shoots forth branches.1. A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
BRANCHERY
BR'ANCHERY, noun The ramifications or ramified vessels dispersed through the pulpy part of fruit.
BRANCHINESS
BR'ANCHINESS, noun Fullness of branches.
BRANCHING
BR'ANCHING, participle present tense Shooting in branches; dividing into several subordinate parts.BR'ANCHING, adjective Furnished with branches; shooting out branches.
BRANCHIOSTEGOUS
BRANCHIOS'TEGOUS, adjective [Gr. gills, and a covering.]Having gill-covers, or covered gills, as a branchiostegous fish; covering the gills, as the branchiostegous membrane. The...
BRANCHLESS
BR'ANCHLESS, adjective Destitute of branches, or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
BRANCHLET
BR'ANCHLET, noun A little branch; a twig; the subdivision of a branch.
BRANCHY
BR'ANCHY, adjective Full of branches; having wide spreading branches.
BRAND
BRAND, noun1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.2. A sword, either from brandishing, or from its gl...
BRAND-GOOSE
BRAND'-GOOSE, noun A species of Anas, or the goose kind; usually called in America brant or brent.
BRAND-NEW
BRAND'-NEW, adjective Quite new; bright as a brand of fire.
BRANDED
BRAND'ED, participle passive Marked with a hot iron; stigmatized.
BRANDING
BRAND'ING, participle present tense Impressing a mark with a hot iron; fixing a stigma or mark of reproach.BRAND'-IRON
BRANDING-IRON
BRAND'ING-IRON, noun An iron to brand with.
BRANDISH
BRAND'ISH, verb transitive1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise, and move in various directions; to shake or flourish; as, to brandish a sword or a cane. It often indicates ...
BRANDISHED
BRAND'ISHED, participle passive Raised and waved in the air with a flourish.
BRANDISHER
BRAND'ISHER, noun One who brandishes.
BRANDISHING
BRAND'ISHING, participle present tense Raising and waving in the air; flourishing.
BRANDLING
BRAND'LING, noun A kind of worm.
BRANDY
BRAN'DY, noun An ardent spirit distilled from wine. The same name is now given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the U. States particularly to that which is distill...
BRANDY-WINE
BRAN'DY-WINE, noun Brandy.
BRANGLE
BRAN'GLE, noun [Latin frendeo.] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.BRAN'GLE, verb intransitive To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.
BRANGLEMENT
BRAN'GLEMENT, noun Wrangle; brangle.