BREME
BREME, adjective [Latin fremo.] Cruel; sharp. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BREN
BREN, verb transitive To burn.
BRENNAGE
BREN'NAGE, noun [from bran.] In the middle ages, a tribute or composition which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.
BRENT
BRENT or BRANT, adjective Steep; high.BRENT, noun A brant, or brand-goose, a fowl with a black neck and a white collar or line round it. [See Brant.]1. Brunt. [See Bren.]
BREST
BREST or BREAST, noun In architecture, the member of a column, more usually called torus or tore. [See Torus.]BREST'-SUMMER, noun In Architecture, a piece in the outward part of...
BRET
BRET, noun A local name of the turbot, called also burt or brut.
BRETFUL
BRET'FUL, adjective Brimful.
BRETHREN
BRETH'REN, nounplural of brother. It is used almost exclusively in solemn and scriptural language, in the place of brothers. [See Brother.]
BREVE
BREVE, noun [Latin brevis.]1. In music, a note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves.2. In law, a writ ...
BREVET
BREVET', noun [from breve.] In the French customs, the grant of a favor or donation from the king, or the warrant evidencing the grant; a warrant; a brief, or commission. More p...
BREVIARY
BRE'VIARY, noun [Latin breviarium, from brevis, short. SeeBrief.]1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome.2. A book containing the daily service of the Romish church. It is compo...
BREVIAT
BRE'VIAT, noun [See Breve and Brief.] A short compend; a summary.
BREVIATE
BRE'VIATE, verb transitive To abridge. [Not used.] [See Abbreviate.]
BREVIATURE
BRE'VIATURE, noun An abbreviation. [See Brief.]
BREVIER
BREVIE'R, noun A small king of printing types, in size between bourgeois and minion. It is much used in printing marginal notes.
BREVIPED
BREV'IPED, adjective [Latin brevis, short, and pes, foot.] Having short legs, as a fowl.BREV'IPED, noun A fowl having short legs.
BREVITY
BREV'ITY, noun [Latin brevitas, from brevis, short. See Brief.]1. Shortness; applied to time; as the brevity of human life.2. Shortness; conciseness; contraction into few words;...
BREW
BREW, verb transitive1. In a general sense, to boil, and mix; hence in Saxon, it signifies broth or pottage; Old. Eng. brewis.2. In a more restricted sense, to make beer, ale or...
BREW-HOUSE
BREW'-HOUSE, adjective [brew and house.] A brewery; a house appropriated to brewing.
BREWAGE
BREW'AGE, noun Malt liquor; drink brewed.
BREWED
BREW'ED, participle passive Mixed, steeped and fermented; made by brewing.
BREWER
BREW'ER, noun One whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors; one who brews.
BREWERY
BREW'ERY, noun A brew-house; the house and apparatus where brewing is carried on.
BREWING
BREW'ING, participle present tense Preparing malt liquor.1. In a state of mixing, forming or preparing; as, a storm is brewing2. Contriving; preparing; as, a scheme is brewingBR...
BREWIS
BREW'IS, noun Broth; pottage.1. A piece of bread soaked in boiling fat pottage, made of salted meat.
BRIAR
BRIAR, [See Brier.]
BRIBE
BRIBE, noun1. A price, reward, gift or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness or other person. A bribe is a c...