BREADLESS
BREAD'LESS, adjective Without bread; destitute of food.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BREADTH
BREADTH, noun bredth. The measure or extent of any plain surface from side to side; a geometrical dimension, which, multiplied into the length, constitutes a surface; as, the le...
BREADTHLESS
BREADTH'LESS, adjective Having no breadth.
BREAK
BREAK, verb transitivepreterit tense broke, [brake.obs.] participle passive broke or broken.[Latin frango, fregi, n casual; Heb.to break to free or deliver, to separate.]1. To p...
BREAKAGE
BREAKAGE, noun A breaking; also, an allowance for things broken, in transportation.
BREAKER
BREAKER, noun The person who breaks any thing; a violator or transgressor; as a breaker of the law.1. A rock which breaks the waves; or the wave itself which breaks the waves; o...
BREAKFAST
BREAK'FAST, noun brek'fast. [break and fast.]1. The first meal in the day; or the thing eaten at the first meal.2. A meal, or food in general.BREAK'FAST, verb intransitive brek'...
BREAKFASTING
BREAK'FASTING, participle present tense Eating or taking the first meal in the day.BREAK'FASTING, noun A party at breakfast.
BREAKING
BREAKING, participle present tense Parting by violence; rending asunder; becoming bankrupt.
BREAKNECK
BREAKNECK, noun [break and neck.] A fall that breaks the neck; a steep place endangering the neck.
BREAKPROMISE
BREAKPROMISE, noun [break and promise.] One who makes a practice of breaking his promise. [Not used.]
BREAKVOW
BREAKVOW, noun [break and vow.] One who habitually breaks his vows. [Not used.]
BREAKWATER
BREAKWATER, noun [break and water.] The hull of an old vessel sunk at the entrance of a harbor, to break or diminish the force of the waves, to secure the vessels in harbor.1. A...
BREAM
BREAM, noun A fish, the Cyprinus brama, an inhabitant of lakes and deep water, extremely insipid and little valued.BREAM, verb transitive In sea language, to burn off the filth,...
BREAST
BREAST, noun brest.1. The soft, protuberant body, adhering to the thorax, which, in females, furnishes milk for infants.His breasts are full of milk. Job 21:24.2. The fore part ...
BREAST-WORK
BREAST'-WORK, noun [breast and work.] In fortification, a work thrown up for defense; a parapet, which see.
BREASTBONE
BREAST'BONE, noun [breast and bone.] The bone of the breast; the sternum.BREAST'-C'ASKET, noun [breast and casket.]One of the largest and longest of the caskets or strings on th...
BREASTDEEP
BREAST'DEEP, adjective Breast high; as high as the breast.
BREASTED
BREAST'ED, adjective Having a broad breast; having a fine voice.
BREASTFAST
BREAST'F'AST, noun [breast and fast.] A large rope to confine a ship sidewise to a wharf or key.
BREASTHIGH
BREAST'HIGH, adjective [breast and high.] High as the breast.
BREASTHOOK
BREAST'HOOK, noun [breast and high.] A thick piece of timber placed directly across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.
BREASTING
BREAST'ING, participle present tense Meeting with the breast; opposing in front.
BREASTKNOT
BREAST'KNOT, noun [breast and knot.] A knot of ribins worn on the breast.
BREASTPLATE
BREAST'PLATE, noun [breast and plate.]1. Armor for the breast.2. A strap that runs across a horse's breast.3. In Jewish antiquity, a part of the vestment of the high priest, con...
BREASTPLOW
BREAST'PLOW, noun [breast and plow.] A plow, driven by the breast, used to cut or pare turf.
BREASTROPE
BREAST'ROPE, noun [breast and rope.] In a ship, breast ropes are used to fasten the yards to the parrels, and with the parrels, to hold the yards fast to the mast; now called pa...