Webster's Dictionary 1913

4456

Bracteolate

Brac″te‐o‐late (�), a.(Bot.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets.

4457

Bracteole

Brac″te‐ole (�), n. [L. bracteola, dim. of bractea. See Bractea.] (Bot.) Same as Bractlet.

4458

Bractless

Bract″less, a.(Bot.) Destitute of bracts.

4459

Bractlet

Bract″let (�), n. [Bract + -let] (Bot.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. Gray.

4460

Brad

Brad (�), n. [Cf.OE. brod, Dan. braad prick, sting, brodde ice spur, frost nail, Sw. brodd frost nail, Icel. broddr any pointed piece of iron or stell; akin to AS. brord point, ...

4461

Brad awl

Brad″ awl′ (�). A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads, etc. Weale.

4462

Bradoon

Bra‐doon″ (�), n. Same as Bridoon.

4463

Brae

‖Brae (�), n. [See Bray a hill.] A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill. Burns.

4464

Brag

Brag (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bragged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merrimen...

4465

Brag (2)

Brag, v. t. To boast of. Shak.

4466

Brag (3)

Brag, n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.Cæsar... made not here his bragOf “came,” and “saw,” and “overcame.”Shak.2. The thing whic...

4467

Brag (4)

Brag (�), a. [See Brag, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.A brag young fellow.B. Jonson.

4468

Brag (5)

Brag, adv. Proudly; boastfully. Fuller.

4469

Braggadocio

Brag′ga‐do″cio (�), n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's “Faërie Queene.”] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden.2. Empty boasting; mere brag; prete...

4470

Braggardism

Brag″gard‐ism (�), n. [See Braggart.] Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak.

4471

Braggart

Brag″gart (�), n. [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag, v. i.] A boaster.O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,And braggart with my tongue.Shak.

4472

Braggart (2)

Brag″gart, a. Boastful. — Brag″gart‐ly, adv.

4473

Bragger

Brag″ger (�), n. One who brags; a boaster.

4474

Bragget

Brag″get (�), n. [OE. braket, bragot, fr. W. bragawd, bragod, fr. brag malt.] A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc. B. Jonson.

4475

Braggingly

Brag″ging′ly (�), adv. Boastingly.

4476

Bragless

Brag″less, a. Without bragging. Shak.

4477

Bragly

Brag″ly, adv. In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly. Spenser.

4478

Brahma

Brah″ma (�), n. [See Brahman.]1. (Hindoo Myth.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and...

4479

Brahman

{ Brah″man (�), Brah″min (�), } n.; pl.Brahmans, Brahmins. [Skr. Brāhmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. ...

4480

Brahmaness

Brah″man‐ess (�), n. A Brahmani.

4481

Brahmani

Brah″man‐i (�), n. [Fem. of Brahman.] Any Brahman woman. [Written also Brahmanee.]

4482

Brahmanic

{ Brah‐man″ic (�), –ic‐al (�), Brah‐min″ic (�), ‐ic‐al (�),} a. Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.