Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BRAWL

BRAWL, verb intransitive [Latin proelior.]1. To quarrel noisily and indecently.2. To speak loud and indecently.3. To roar as water; to make a noise.BRAWL, verb transitive To dri...

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BRAWLER

BRAWL'ER, noun A noisy fellow; a wrangler.

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BRAWLING

BRAWL'ING, noun The act of quarreling.

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BRAWLINGLY

BRAWL'INGLY, adverb In a quarrelsome manner.

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BRAWN

BRAWN, noun [Latin aprugnus, caro aprugna.]1. The flesh of a boar, or the animal.2. The fleshy, protuberant, muscular part of the body.3. Bulk; muscular strength.4. The arm, fro...

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BRAWNED

BRAWN'ED, adjective Brawny; strong.

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BRAWNER

BRAWN'ER, noun A boar killed for the table.

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BRAWNINESS

BRAWN'INESS, noun The quality of being brawny; strength; hardiness.

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BRAWNY

BRAWN'Y, adjective Musculous; fleshy; bulky; having large, strong muscles; strong.

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BRAY

BRAY, verb transitive1. To pound, beat or grind small; as, to bray a fool in a mortar. Proverbs 27:22.2. To make a harsh sound, as of an ass.3. To make a harsh, disagreeable gra...

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BRAYER

BRA'YER, noun One that brays like an ass.1. A instrument to temper ink in printing offices.

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BRAYING

BRA'YING, participle present tense Pounding or grinding small; roaring.BRA'YING, noun Roar; noise; clamor.

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BRAZE

BRAZE, verb transitive To soder with brass.1. To harden to impudence; to harden as with brass.

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BRAZEN

BRA'ZEN, adjective brazn. Made of brass; as a brazen helmet.1. Pertaining to brass; proceeding from brass; as a brazen din.2. Impudent; having a front like brass.Brazen age, or ...

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BRAZEN-FACE

BRA'ZEN-FACE, noun [brazen and face.] An impudent person; one remarkable for effrontery.

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BRAZEN-FACED

BRA'ZEN-FACED, adjective Impudent; bold to excess; shameless.

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BRAZENLY

BRA'ZENLY, adverb In a bold impudent manner.

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BRAZENNESS

BRA'ZENNESS, noun Appearance like brass. In this sense, brassiness is the more correct word.1. Impudence; excess of assurance.

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BRAZIER

BRAZIER. [See Brasier.]

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BRAZIL

BRAZIL'BRAZIL'-WOOD, nounbrazil or brazil-wood, or braziletto, is a very heavy wood of a red color, growing in brazil and other tropical countries. It is used in manufactures fo...

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BRAZIL-WOOD

BRAZIL'-WOOD, n. Brazil, or brazil-wood, or braziletto, is a very heavy wood of a red color, growing in Brazil, and other tropical countries. It is used in manufactures for dyei...

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BRAZILETTO

BRAZILET'TO, noun The same as Brazil-wood.

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BRAZILIAN

BRAZIL'IAN, adjective Pertaining to Brazil; as, brazilian strand.

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BREACH

BREACH, noun1. The act of breaking; or state of being broken; a rupture; a break; a gap; the space between the severed parts of a solid body parted by violence; as a breach in a...

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BREAD

BREAD, noun bred. [Gr. anything esculent. If the word signifies food in general, or that which is eaten, probably it is the Heb. and Ch., from barah, to eat or feed.]1. A mass o...

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BREAD-ROOM

BREAD'-ROOM, noun An apartment in a ship's hold, where the bread is kept.BREAD'-TREE, noun [bread and tree.] The bread-fruit tree, or Artocarpus, a tree which grows in the isles...

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BREADEN

BREAD'EN, adjective Made of bread. [Little used.]