BRIBE-DEVOURING
BRIBE-DEVOUR'ING, adjective Greedy of bribes or presents; as bribe-devouring kings.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BRIBER
BRI'BER, noun One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
BRIBERY
BRI'BERY, noun The act or practice of giving or taking rewards for corrupt practices; the act of paying or receiving a reward for a false judgment, or testimony, or for the perf...
BRIBEWORTHY
BRIBE'WORTHY, adjective [bribe and worthy.] Worth bribing to obtain.
BRICK
BRICK, noun [Latin imbrex, a gutter-tile, from imber, a shower, which is probably a compound, of which the last syllable is from whence.]A mass of earth, chiefly clay, first moi...
BRICKBAT
BRICK'BAT, noun [brick and bat.] A piece or fragment of a brick.BRICK'-BUILT, adjective Built with bricks.BRICK'-CLAY, noun [brick and clay.] Clay used or suitable for making br...
BRICKDUST
BRICK'DUST, noun [brick and dust.] Dust of pounded bricks.
BRICKEARTH
BRICK'EARTH, noun [brick and earth.] Clay or earth used, or suitable for bricks.
BRICKKILN
BRICK'KILN, noun [brick and kiln.] A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt, or a pile of bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel.
BRICKLAYER
BRICK'LAYER, noun [brick and lay.] One whose occupation is to build with bricks; a mason.
BRICKLE
BRICKLE, adjective [from break.] Brittle; easily broken. [Not used.]
BRICKMAKER
BRICK'MAKER, noun [brick and make.] One who makes bricks, or whose occupation is to make bricks.
BRICKWORK
BRICK'WORK, noun The laying of bricks, or a wall of bricks.
BRICKY
BRICK'Y, adjective Full of bricks, or formed of bricks.
BRIDAL
BRI'DAL, adjective [See Bride.] Belonging to a bride, or to a wedding; nuptial; connubial; as bridal ornaments.BRI'DAL, noun The nuptial festival.
BRIDALITY
BRIDAL'ITY, noun Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Not used.]
BRIDE
BRIDE, noun1. A woman new married.But the name is applied to a woman at the marriage festival, before she is married, as well as after the ceremony.2. A woman espoused, or contr...
BRIDECAKE
BRI'DECAKE, noun [bride and cake.] The cake which is made for the guests at a wedding; called, in the U. States, wedding cake.
BRIDECHAMBER
BRI'DECHAMBER, noun The nuptial apartment. Matthew 9:15.
BRIDEGROOM
BRI'DEGROOM, noun A man newly married; or a man about to be married. The passage of Shakespeare cited by Johnson proves that the last definition is just.As are those dulcet soun...
BRIDEMAN
BRI'DEMAN, noun [bride and man.] A man who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage. I have generally heard these words pronounced bride's man and bride's maid.
BRIDERBED
BRI'DERBED, noun [bride and bed.] The marriage bed.
BRIDERMAID
BRI'DERMAID, noun [bride and maid.] A woman who attends on a bride at her wedding.
BRIDESTAKE
BRI'DESTAKE, noun A stake or post set in the ground to dance round.
BRIDEWELL
BRI'DEWELL, noun A house of correction, for the confinement of disorderly persons; so called from the palace built near St. Bride's or Bridget's well, in London, which was turne...
BRIDGE
BRIDGE, noun1. Any structure of wood, stone, brick, or iron, raised over a river, pond, or lake, for the passage of men and other animals. Among rude nations, bridges are someti...
BRIDGED
BRIDG'ED, participle passive Covered or furnished with a bridge.