Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Brutalize

Bru″tal‐ize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brutalized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brutalizing.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.

5267

Brutalize (2)

Bru″tal‐ize, v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.He mixed... with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners.Addison.

5268

Brutally

Bru″tal‐ly, adv. In a brutal manner; cruelly.

5269

Brute

Brute (brṳt), a. [F. brut, nasc., brute, fem., raw, rough, rude, brutish, L. brutus stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp. bruto.] 1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unco...

5270

Brute (2)

Brute, n. 1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.Brutes may be considered as either aëral, terrestrial, aquatic, or amphibious.L...

5271

Brute (3)

Brute, v. t. [For bruit.] To report; to bruit.

5272

Brutely

Brute″ly, adv. In a rude or violent manner.

5273

Bruteness

Brute″ness, n. 1. Brutality. Spenser.2. Insensibility. “The bruteness of nature.” Emerson.

5274

Brutify

Bru″ti‐fy (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brutified (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brutifying.] [Brute + -fy: cf. F. brutifier.] To make like a brute; to make senseless, stupid, or unfeeling; to b...

5275

Brutish

Bru″tish (brṳ″tĭsh), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent.O, let all provocationTake every ...

5276

Brutism

Bru″tism (brṳ″tĭz'm), n. The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.

5277

Brutting

Brut″ting (�), n. Browsing. Evelyn.

5278

Bryological

Bry‐o‐log″i‐cal (�), a. Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.

5279

Bryologist

Bry‐ol″o‐gist (�), n. One versed in bryology.

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Bryology

Bry‐ol″o‐gy (�), n. [Gr. � moss + -logy.] That part of botany which relates to mosses.

5281

Bryonin

Bry″o‐nin (�), n.(Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and c...

5282

Bryony

Bry″o‐ny (brī″ō̍‐ny̆), n. [L. bryonia, Gr. βρυωνία, fr. βρύειν to swell, esp. of plants.] (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root ...

5283

Bryophyta

‖Bry‐oph″y‐ta (�), n. pl. See Cryptogamia.

5284

Bryozoa

‖Bry′o‐zo″a (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; — called also Polyzoa.☞ They are often coralike in form...

5285

Bryozoan

Bry′o‐zo″an (�), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. — n. One of the Bryozoa.

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Bryozoum

‖Bry′o‐zo″um (�), n. [NL. See Bryozoa.] (Zoöl.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zoœcia usually have ...

5287

Buansuah

‖Bu′an‐su″ah (�), n.(Zoöl.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primævus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.

5288

Buat

‖Bu″at (�), n. A lantern; also, the moon. Sir W. Scott.

5289

Bub

Bub (�), n. Strong malt liquor. Prior.

5290

Bub (2)

Bub, n. [Cf. 2d Bubby.] A young brother; a little boy; — a familiar term of address of a small boy.

5291

Bub (3)

Bub, v. t. [Abbrev. from Bubble.] To throw out in bubbles; to bubble. Sackville.

5292

Bubale

Bu″ba‐le (�), n. [Cf. F. bubale. See Buffalo, n.] (Zoöl.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the ...