BREATH
BREATH, noun breth.1. The air inhaled and expelled in the respiration of animals.2. Life.No man has more contempt than I of breath3. The state or power of breathing freely; oppo...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BREATHABLE
BRE'ATHABLE, adjective That may be breathed.
BREATHE
BREATHE, verb intransitive To respire; to inspire and expire air. Hence, to live.1. To take breath; to rest from action; as, let them have time to breathe2. To pass as air.To wh...
BREATHED
BRE'ATHED, participle passive Inhaled and exhaled; respired; uttered.
BREATHER
BRE'ATHER, noun One that breathes or lives; one that utters; an inspirer, one who animates or infuses by inspiration.
BREATHFUL
BREATH'FUL, adjective breth'ful. Full of breath; full of odor.
BREATHING
BRE'ATHING, participle present tense Respiring; living; uttering.1. Exhibiting to the life; as breathing paint.BRE'ATHING, noun Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air...
BREATHING-TIME
BRE'ATHING-TIME, noun Pause, relaxation.
BREATHLESS
BREATH'LESS, adjective breth'less. Being out of breath; spent with labor or violent action.1. Dead; as a breathless body.
BREATHLESSNESS
BREATH'LESSNESS, noun The state of being exhausted of breath.
BRECCIA
BREC'CIA, noun In mineralogy, an aggregate composed of angular fragments of the same mineral, or of different minerals, united by a cement, and presenting a variety of colors. S...
BRECCIATED
BREC'CIATED, adjective Consisting of angular fragments, cemented together.
BRECHITE
BRECH'ITE, noun A fossil allied to the Alcyons. It is cylindrical, striated, and its thick end conical, pierced with holes and crested.
BRED
BRED, participle passive of breed. Generated; produced; contrived; educated.
BREDE
BREDE. noun A braid. [Not used.]
BREECH
BREECH, noun brich. [See Breach and Break.] The lower part of the body behind.1. Breeches; but rarely used in the singular.2. The hinder part of any thing.BREECH, verb transitiv...
BREECHES
BREECHES, nounplural brich'es. [Low Latin braccoe.]A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs. It is now a close garment; but the word formerly was used for a loose gar...
BREECHING
BREECHING, participle present tense brich'ing. Furnishing with breeches, or with a breech. [See Britch.]1. Whipping the breech; and as a noun, a whipping.BREECHING, in gunnery o...
BREED
BREED, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive bred.1. To generate; to engender; to hatch; to produce the young of any species of animals. I think it is never used ...
BREED-BATE
BREE'D-BATE, noun One that breeds or originates quarrels. [Not in use.]
BREEDER
BREE'DER, noun The female that breeds or produces, whether human or other animal.1. The person who educates or brings up; that which brings up.Italy and Rome have been the best ...
BREEDING
BREE'DING, participle present tense Bearing and nourishing, as a fetus; engendering; producing; educating.BREE'DING, noun The act of generating or of producing.1. The raising of...
BREEZE
BREEZE, noun A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species, but the most noted is the bovinus, great horsefly, whose mouth is armed with two ho...
BREEZELESS
BREE'ZELESS, adjective Motionless; destitute of breezes.
BREEZY
BREE'ZY, adjective Fanned with gentle winds or breezes; as the breezy shore.1. Subject to frequent breezes.
BREHON
BRE'HON, noun In Irish, a judge. In ancient times, the general laws of Ireland were called brehon laws, unwritten like the common law of England. These laws were abolished by st...
BREISLAKITE
BRE'ISLAKITE, noun A newly discovered Vesuvian mineral, resembling a brownish or reddish brown down, which lines the small bubbles found in the lava of Scalla, and is found in c...