Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bray (3)

Bray, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.Arms on armor clashing, brayedHorrible discord.MIlton.And varying notes the war pipes brayed.Sir...

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Bray (4)

Bray, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.The bray and roar of multitudinous London.Jerrold.

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Bray (5)

Bray, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br�w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br� eyebrow, bank, also akin to...

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Brayer

Bray″er (�), n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

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Brayer (2)

Bray″er, n. One that brays like an ass. Pope.

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Braying

Bray″ing, a. Making a harsh noise; blaring. “Braying trumpets.” Shak.

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Braze

Braze (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Brazed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brazing.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. Brass.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with ...

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Braze (2)

Braze (�), v. t. [AS. bræsian, fr. bræs brass. See Brass.] To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.

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Brazen

Bra″zen (�), a. [OE. brasen, AS. bræsen. See Brass.] 1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.3. Impudent; immodest; sha...

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Brazen (2)

Bra″zen, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brazened (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brazening.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.Sabina brazened it out before M...

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Brazen-browed

Bra″zen–browed′ (�), a. Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.

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Brazenface

Bra″zen‐face′ (�), n. An impudent or shameless person. “Well said, brazenface; hold it out.” Shak.

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Brazenfaced

Bra″zen‐faced′ (�), a. Impudent; shameless.

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Brazenly

Bra″zen‐ly (�), adv. In a bold, impudent manner.

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Brazenness

Bra″zen‐ness (brā″z'n‐nĕs), n. The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson.

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Brazier (3)

Bra″zier (brā″zhẽr), n. Same as Brasier.

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Brazil nut

Bra‐zil″ nut′ (nŭt′). (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.☞ From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or “nuts” grow in a hard a...

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Brazil wood

Bra‐zil″ wood′ (wo͝od′). [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant...

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Braziletto

‖Braz′i‐let″to (�), n. [Cf. Pg. & Sp. brasilete, It. brasiletto.] See Brazil wood.

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Brazilian

Bra‐zil″ian (brȧ‐zĭl″yan), a. Of or pertaining to Brazil. — n. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.Brazilian pebble. See Pebble, n., 2.

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Brazilin

Braz″i‐lin (�), n. [Cf. F. brésiline. See Brazil.] (Chem.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance...

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Breach

Breach (brēch), n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. bræk, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See Break, and cf. Brake (the in...

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Breach (2)

Breach, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Breached (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Breaching.] To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.

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Breach (3)

Breach, v. i. To break the water, as by leaping out; — said of a whale.

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Breachy

Breach″y (�), a. Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.

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Bread

Bread (brĕd), v. t. [AS. brǣdan to make broad, to spread. See Broad, a.] To spread. Ray.

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Bread (2)

Bread (brĕd), n. [AS. breád; akin to OFries. brād, OS. brōd, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brauð, Sw. & Dan. bröd. The root is probably that of E. brew. √93. See Brew.] 1. An a...