Webster's Dictionary 1913

5239

Brunswick green

Bruns″wick green′ (�). [G. Braunschweiger grün, first made at Brunswick, in Germany.] An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly em...

5240

Brunt

Brunt (brŭnt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.] 1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest f...

5241

Brush

Brush (�), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, bürste brush. See Br...

5242

Brush (2)

Brush, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Brushed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brushing.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See Brush, n.] 1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, s...

5243

Brush (3)

Brush, v. i. To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind.Goldsmith.

5244

Brush (4)

Brush, n. In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.

5245

Brush turkey

Brush″ tur′key (�). (Zoöl.) A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidæ. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.☞ Th...

5246

Brush wheel

Brush″ wheel′ (�). 1. A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.2. A circular re...

5247

Brusher

Brush″er (�), n. One who, or that which, brushes.

5248

Brushiness

Brush″i‐ness (�), n. The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. Dr. H. More.

5249

Brushing

Brush″ing, a. 1. Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.2. Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop.

5250

Brushite

Brush″ite (�), n. [From George J. Brush, an American mineralogist.] (Min.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.

5251

Brushwood

Brush″wood (�), n. 1. Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.2. Small branches of trees cut off.

5252

Brushy

Brush″y, a. Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough.

5253

Brusk

Brusk (�), a. Same as Brusque.

5254

Brusque

Brusque (�), a. [F. brusque, from It. brusco brusque, tart, sour, perh. fr. L. (vitis) labrusca wild (vine); or cf. OHG. bruttisc grim, fr. brutti terror.] Rough and prompt in m...

5255

Brusqueness

Brusque″ness, n. Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness. Brit. Quar.

5256

Brussels

Brus″sels (�), n. A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc.Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of...

5257

Brustle

Brus″tle (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Brustled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Brustling (�).] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. ...

5258

Brustle (2)

Brus″tle, n. A bristle. Chaucer.

5259

Brut

Brut (�), v. i. [F. brouter, OF. brouster. See Browse, n.] To browse. Evelyn.

5260

Brut (2)

Brut, n.(Zoöl.) See Birt.

5261

Bruta

‖Bru″ta (�), n. [NL., neuter pl., fr. L. brutus heavy, stupid.] (Zoöl.) See Edentata.

5262

Brutal

Bru″tal (�), a. [Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. “Above the rest of brutal kind.” Milton.2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman...

5263

Brutalism

Bru″tal‐ism (�), n. Brutish quality; brutality.

5264

Brutality

Bru‐tal″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Brutalities (�). [Cf. F. brutalité.] 1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.2. An inhuman act.The... brutalities exercised...

5265

Brutalization

Bru′tal‐i‐za″tion (�), n. The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.