Webster's Dictionary 1913

5077

Brokerly

Bro″ker‐ly, a. Mean; servile. B. Jonson.

5078

Brokery

Bro″ker‐y (�), n. The business of a broker.And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting,And tricks belonging unto brokery.Marlowe.

5079

Broking

Bro″king (�), a. Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown.Shak.

5080

Broma

Bro″ma (brō″mȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. βρω̑μα food, βιβρώσκειν to eat.] 1. (Med.) Aliment; food. Dunglison.2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.

5081

Bromal

Bro″mal (brō″mal), n. [Bromine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine ...

5082

Bromalin

Bro″ma‐lin (?), n. [From Bromine.] (Pharm.) A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.

5083

Bromanil

Brom′an″il (?), n. [Bromine + aniline.] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.

5084

Bromate

Bro″mate (�), n.(Chem.) A salt of bromic acid.

5085

Bromate (2)

Bro″mate (�), v. t.(Med.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor.

5086

Bromatologist

Bro′ma‐tol″o‐gist (�), n. One versed in the science of foods.

5087

Bromatology

Bro′ma‐tol″o‐gy (�), n. [Gr. �, �, food + -logy.] The science of aliments. Dunglison.

5088

Brome

‖Brome (�), n.(Chem.) See Bromine.

5089

Brome grass

Brome″ grass′ (�). [L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. �.] (Bot.) A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

5090

Bromeliaceous

Bro‐me′li‐a″ceous (�), a. [Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of...

5091

Bromic

Bro″mic (�), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; — said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; a...

5092

Bromide

Bro″mide (�), n.(Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

5093

Bromide (2)

Bro″mide, n. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. — Bro‐mid″ic (#), a.The bromide conforms to everythyng sanctioned by the maj...

5094

Bromide (3)

{ Bromide, orBromid, paper}. (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.

5095

Bromidiom

Bro‐mid″i‐om (?), n. [Bromide + idiom.] A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides.

5096

Brominate

Bro″mi‐nate (�), v. t. See Bromate, v. t.

5097

Bromine

Bro″mine (�), n. [Gr. � bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome.] (Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is...

5098

Bromism

Bro″mism (�), n.(Med.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

5099

Bromize

Bro″mize (�), v. t.(Photog.) To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.

5100

Bromlife

Brom″life (�), n. [From Bromley Hill, near Alston, Cumberland, England.] (Min.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; — called also al...

5101

Bromoform

Bro″mo‐form (�), n. [Bromine + formyl.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, CHBr3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and ...

5102

Bromogelatin

Bro′mo‐gel″a‐tin (?), a. [Bromine + gelatin.] (Photog.) Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.

5103

Bromoiodism

Bro′mo‐i″o‐dism (?), n. [Bromine + iodine + -ism.] (Med.) Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds.