Webster's Dictionary 1913

4591

Brash

Brash (�), a. [Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk.] Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose.

4592

Brash (2)

Brash, a. [Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. Bartlett.

4593

Brash (3)

Brash, n. [See Brash brittle.] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. Wright.3. (Geol.) Broken an...

4594

Brashy

Brash″y (?), a. 1. Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly.Our progress was not at all impeded by the few soft, brashy floes that we encount...

4595

Brasier

{ Bra″sier, Bra″zier } (�), n. [OE. brasiere, F. braise live coals. See Brass.] An artificer who works in brass. Franklin.

4596

Brasier (2)

{ Bra″sier, Bra″zier }, n. [F. brasier, braisíer, fr. braise live coals. See Brass.] A pan for holding burning coals.

4597

Brasilin

Bras″i‐lin (?), n. [Cf. F. brésiline. See 2d Brazil.] (Chem.) A substance, C16H14O5, extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is col...

4598

Brasque

Brasque (?), n.(Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, ...

4599

Brass

Brass (�), n.; pl.Brasses (�). [OE. bras, bres, AS. bræs; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.] 1. An alloy (...

4600

Brass-visaged

Brass″–vis″aged (�), a. Impudent; bold.

4601

Brassage

Bras″sage (�), n. A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; — now called seigniorage.

4602

Brassart

Bras″sart (�), n. [F. brassard, fr. bras arm. See Brace, n.] Armor for the arm; — generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th an...

4603

Brasse

Brasse (�), n. [Perh. a transposition of barse; but cf. LG. brasse the bream, G. brassen Cf. Bream.] (Zoöl.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

4604

Brassets

Bras″sets (�), n. See Brassart.

4605

Brassica

‖Bras″si‐ca (�), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccol...

4606

Brassicaceous

Bras′si‐ca″ceous (�), a. [L. brassica cabbage.] (Bot.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.

4607

Brassière

Bras′sière″ (?), n. A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.

4608

Brassiness

Brass″i‐ness (�), n. The state, condition, or quality of being brassy.

4609

Brassy

Brass″y (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.2. Impudent; impudently bold.

4610

Brassy (2)

Brass″y (?), n. [Written also brassie and brassey.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.

4611

Brast

Brast (�), v. t. & i. [See Burst.] To burst.And both his yën braste out of his face.Chaucer.Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast.Spenser.

4612

Brat

Brat (brăt), n. [OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib o...

4613

Brat (2)

Brat (�), n.(Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

4614

Bratsche

‖Brat″sche (�), n. [G., fr. It. viola da braccio viola held on the arm.] The tenor viola, or viola.

4615

Brattice

Brat″tice (�), n. [See Brettice.] (Mining) (a) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. (b) Planking to support a roof or wall.

4616

Brattishing

Brat″tish‐ing (�), n. 1. See Brattice, n.2. (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.

4617

Braunite

Braun″ite (�), n.(Min.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.