Webster's Dictionary 1913

4807

Breviped

Brev″i‐ped (�), a. [L. brevis short + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. brévipède.] (Zoöl.) Having short legs. — n. A breviped bird.

4808

Brevipen

Brev″i‐pen (�), n. [L. brevis short + penna wing: cf. F. brévipenne.] (Zoöl.) A brevipennate bird.

4809

Brevipennate

Brev′i‐pen″nate (�), a. [L. brevis short + E. pennate.] (Zoöl.) Short-winged; — applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

4810

Brevirostral

{ Brev′i‐ros″tral (�), Brev′i‐ros″trate (�), } a. [L. brevis short + E. rostral, rostrate.] (Zoöl.) Short-billed; having a short beak.

4811

Brevity

Brev″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Brevities (�). [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. brièvité. See Brief.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.2. C...

4812

Brew

Brew (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brewed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brewing.] [OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br�wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. ...

4813

Brew (2)

Brew (�), v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour.Shak.2. To be in a state of preparation; to...

4814

Brew (3)

Brew (�), n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.

4815

Brewage

Brew″age (�), n. Malt liquor; drink brewed. “Some well-spiced brewage.” Milton.A rich brewage, made of the best Spanish wine.Macaulay.

4816

Brewer

Brew″er (�), n. One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

4817

Brewery

Brew″er‐y (�), n. A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.

4818

Brewhouse

Brew″house′ (�), n. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.

4819

Brewing

Brew″ing (�), n. 1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.2. The quantity brewed at once.A brewing of new beer, set by old beer.Bacon.3. A mi...

4820

Brewis

Brew″is (�), n. [OE. brewis, brouwys, browesse, brewet, OF. brouet, -s being the OF. ending of the nom. sing. and acc. pl.; dim. of OHG. brod. √93. See Broth, and cf. Brose.] 1....

4821

Brewsterite

Brews″ter‐ite (�), n. [Named after Sir David Brewster.] A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, ...

4822

Brezilin

Brez″i‐lin (�), n. See Brazilin.

4823

Briar

Bri″ar (�), n. Same as Brier.

4824

Briarean

Bri‐a″re‐an (�), a. [L. Briareius, fr. Briareus a mythological hundred-handed giant, Gr. �, fr. � strong.] Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundr...

4825

Bribable

Brib″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being bribed.A more bribable class of electors.S. Edwards.

4826

Bribe

Bribe (�), n. [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously,...

4827

Bribe (2)

Bribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bribed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bribing.] 1. To rob or steal. Chaucer.2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter,...

4828

Bribe (3)

Bribe, v. i. 1. To commit robbery or theft.2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or prom...

4829

Bribeless

Bribe″less, a. Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.From thence to heaven's bribeless hall.Sir W. Raleigh.

4830

Briber

Brib″er (�), n. 1. A thief. Lydgate.2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.3. That which bribes; a bribe.His service... were a sufficient briber for his life.Shak.

4831

Bribery

Brib″er‐y (�), n.; pl.Briberies (�). [OE. brybery rascality, OF. briberie. See Bribe, n.] 1. Robbery; extortion.2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of inf...

4832

Bric-a brac

Bric″–a brac′ (�), n. Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece ...

4833

Brick

Brick (�), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hlāfes brice, fr. the root of E. bre...