Part 11

~Bondage~, _n._ Servitude, slavery, thraldom, captivity, imprisonment, confinement, bond-service, bonds, restraint of personal liberty.

~Bonds~, _n. pl._ Imprisonment, captivity, chains, FETTERS, BONDAGE.

~Bonbon~, _n._ [Fr.] Sweetmeat, sugar-plum.

~Bone-ash~, _n._ Bone-earth, burnt bones, earthy matter of bones.

~Bone-black~, _n._ IVORY-BLACK, animal charcoal.

~Bone-earth~, _n._ BONE-ASH.

~Bone of contention~, Subject of contention, subject of dispute.

~Boneset~, _n._ Thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed, Indian sage (_Eupatorium perfoliatum_).

~Bonhomie~, _n._ [Fr.] Good-nature, easy humor, good-natured simplicity.

~Bonito~, _n._ Albicore, horse-mackerel (_Thynnus pelamys_).

~Bonmot~, _n._ [Fr.] Jest, joke, witticism, witty repartee.

~Bonne-bouche~, _n._ [Fr.] Titbit, delicacy, nice bit, delicate morsel, choice morsel, delicious mouthful.

~Bonny~, _a._ ~1.~ Handsome, beautiful, pretty.

~2.~ Cheerful, blithe, sprightly, buoyant, airy, gay, merry, joyous, jolly, jocund, winsome, buxom, playful, sportive, jocose, in good spirits, in high spirits.

~3.~ Plump, round, chubby, in good health.

~Bon-ton~, _n._ [Fr.] High mode, fashionable style, style of high life.

~Bonus~, _n._ [L.] Premium, reward.

~Bon-vivant~, _n._ [Fr.] Luxurious liver, boon companion, jovial companion, jolly fellow.

~Booby~, _n._ ~1.~ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~2.~ (_Ornith._) Gannet, noddy, solan goose (_Sula bassana_).

~Book~, _n._ Work, volume.

~Booked up~, Posted, well-informed.

~Bookish~, _a._ Given to reading, fond of books, fond of study, very studious.

~Book-keeper~, _n._ Accountant.

~Book-learned~, _a._ Versed in books.

~Book-madness~, _n._ Bibliomania.

~Book-maker~, _n._ Compiler.

~Book-making~, _n._ Compilation.

~Bookstore~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bookseller's shop.

~Bookworm~, _n._ Great reader or student (_without discrimination and without definite purpose_).

~Booley~, _n._ [_Irish._] Nomad, wanderer.

~Boom~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar, resound.

~2.~ Rush, bound, dash forward.

~Boon~, _n._ Gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering.

~Boon~, _a._ ~1.~ Kind, bountiful, generous.

~2.~ Gay, merry, jovial, jolly, convivial.

~Boor~, _n._ Rustic, clown, hind, lout, lubber, swain, peasant, bumpkin, clodpole, countryman, ploughman.

~Boorish~, _a._ Rustic, rude, clownish, loutish, bearish, awkward, clumsy, ungainly, coarse, rough, unrefined, uncourtly, ungraceful, gawky, lubberly.

~Boosy~, _a._ BOOZY.

~Boot~, _v. a._ [_Generally used impersonally._] Profit, benefit, advantage.

~Bootee~, _n._ Bootikin, half boot, short boot.

~Bootikin~, _n._ BOOTEE, half boot.

~Bootless~, _a._ Useless, unavailing, fruitless, futile, unprofitable, profitless, valueless, worthless, ineffectual, abortive, vain, idle, without avail.

~Booty~, _n._ Plunder (_to be used for any purpose_), spoil, pillage, PREY.

~Boozy~, _a._ [Written also _Boosy_.] Tipsy, inebriated, fuddled, disguised, maudlin, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, half drunk, half seas over.

~Borax~, _n._ TINCAL, bi-borate of soda.

~Border~, _n._ ~1.~ Edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, skirt.

~2.~ Limit, boundary, confine, frontier.

~Border~, _v. a._ Put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a border for.

~Border on~, Adjoin, be in contact with, be coterminous with, touch at the side or end of, be contiguous to, border upon.

~Border upon~, BORDER ON.

~Bore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, pierce, drill.

~2.~ Weary (_by tedious repetition_), fatigue, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy.

~Bore~, _n._ ~1.~ Hole, calibre.

~2.~ Proser, button-holder.

~3.~ Eagre, great tidal flood.

~Boreal~, _a._ Northern, northerly, arctic.

~Boreas~, _n._ The north wind.

~Born again~, Regenerated, regenerate, converted, renewed in spirit.

~Born days~, [_Low._] Life, lifetime.

~Borough~, _n._ Town (_In England, a town represented in Parliament_).

~Borrow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask the loan of, take or receive as a loan.

~2.~ Take, appropriate, adopt, make use of.

~Bosom~, _n._ Breast.

~Bosom-friend~, _n._ Confidant, intimate friend, dear friend.

~Boss~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part.

~2.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Superintendent, overseer, master-workman.

~Boss~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stud, cover with bosses.

~2.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Direct, oversee, superintend.

~Bossy~, _n._ [_Childish term._] Calf.

~Botch~, _n._ ~1.~ Pustule, blotch, blain, sore.

~2.~ Failure, miscarriage, bad work, bad job, clumsy performance, bungling piece of work.

~Botch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mend awkwardly, patch clumsily.

~2.~ Put together unskilfully, construct in a bungling manner.

~Both~, _a._ The two, the one and the other.

~Both~, _conj._ [_Preceding a word or phrase which is followed by_ and; Both--and.] As well as, not only, but also.

~Bother~, _v. a._ Perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex, plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester.

~Bother~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Perplexity, vexation, annoyance, plague, trouble, bore.

~Botheration~, _n._ [_Low._] BOTHER.

~Bottom~, _n._ ~1.~ Lowest part.

~2.~ Foundation, basis, groundwork, base.

~3.~ Dale, valley, alluvial land.

~4.~ Ship, vessel, sailing craft.

~5.~ Fundament, seat.

~6.~ Stamina, native strength, power of endurance.

~7.~ Grounds, lees, dregs, sediments.

~Bottom~, _v. a._ Found, establish, build.

~Bottom~, _v. n._ Rest (_for support_), be based.

~Boudoir~, _n._ [Fr.] Cabinet, private room, retired apartment.

~Bough~, _n._ Branch, limb, shoot.

~Bouilli~, _n._ [Fr.] Stew, boiled meat, stewed meat.

~Bouillon~, _n._ [Fr.] Broth, soup.

~Bounce~, _n._ ~1.~ Knock, thump, sudden blow.

~2.~ Bound, leap, jump, spring.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Boast, vaunt, brag.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bouncer.

~Bounce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bolt, leap or spring suddenly.

~2.~ Rebound, recoil.

~3.~ Knock, thump, beat.

~Bounce~, _v. a._ Thrust, drive against.

~Bouncer~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Boaster, BLUSTERER, bully.

~2.~ Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bounce.

~3.~ Giant, STRAPPER, large person.

~Bouncing~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Stout, lusty, strong, portly, burly, huge, great, strapping.

~Bound~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, BOUNDARY, bourn, border, confine.

~2.~ Leap, jump, spring, bounce.

~Bound~, _v. a._ Limit, border, terminate, circumscribe.

~Bound~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Jump, leap, spring.

~2.~ Rebound, spring back.

~Bound~, _a._ [Followed by _to_ or _for_.] Destined, tending, going, on the way.

~Boundary~, _n._ Limit, border, confine, bourn, bound, verge, term, termination.

~Bounden~, _a._ Obligatory, binding, appointed.

~Boundless~, _a._ Unbounded, unlimited, unconfined, undefined, immeasurable, illimitable, infinite.

~Bounteous~, _a._ Liberal, BOUNTIFUL.

~Bountiful~, _a._ Liberal, munificent, beneficent, generous, princely, bounteous.

~Bounty~, _n._ ~1.~ Liberality, munificence, beneficence, generosity.

~2.~ Present, gift, benefaction.

~3.~ Premium (_for encouragement_), reward.

~Bouquet~, _n._ [Fr.] Nosegay, bunch of flowers.

~Bourgeoisie~, _n._ [Fr.] Middle classes (_especially such as depend on trade_).

~Bourn~, _n._ Bound, limit, confine, border, BOUNDARY.

~Bourse~, _n._ [Fr.] Exchange.

~Bout~, _n._ ~1.~ Turn.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Conflict, contest, set to.

~Bow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bend, inflect, crook, incurvate, curve, make crooked.

~2.~ Incline, turn downward.

~3.~ Depress, sink, cast down, bring down.

~Bow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, buckle, be inflected, be bent.

~2.~ Incline (_in token of respect, reverence, or submission_), make a bow.

~Bow~, _n._ (_Naut._) Fore part (_of a ship_), prow, beak, stem.

~Bowels~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Intestines, guts, viscera, inwards.

~2.~ Inside, interior, interior parts.

~3.~ Compassion, pity, tenderness.

~Bower~, _n._ Arbor, shady recess, shady retreat.

~Bow-hand~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Archery._) The left hand.

~2.~ (_Music._) The right hand.

~Bowman~, _n._ Archer, SAGITTARY.

~Bow-window~, _n._ Bay-window.

~Box~, _n._ ~1.~ Case.

~2.~ Blow, stroke, cuff.

~Box~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose in a box.

~2.~ Strike (_with the hand or fist, as the ears_), buffet, cuff.

~Box-berry~, _n._ Wintergreen, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain- tea (_Gaultheria procumbens_).

~Box-elder~, _n._ Ash-leaved maple (_Negundium Americanum_).

~Box the compass~, Name the points of compass in their order.

~Boy~, _n._ Lad, stripling, male child.

~Boy-servant~, _n._ Page, serving boy.

~Brace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tighten, draw tight, make tense, strain up.

~2.~ Strengthen, fortify, support, prop, give strength to.

~Brace~, _n._ ~1.~ Couple, pair.

~2.~ Prop, support, stay, shore, strut.

~3.~ Bit-stock.

~Braces~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Suspenders, gallowses.

~2.~ Straps (_on which a carriage rests_).

~Boyish~, _a._ ~1.~ Of boyhood.

~2.~ Childish, puerile.

~Brachygraphy~, _n._ Stenography, shorthand.

~Bracing~, _a._ Strengthening, invigorating.

~Brackets~, _n. pl._ (_Printing._) Crotchets.

~Brackish~, _a._ Saltish, somewhat salt.

~Brag~, _v. n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.

~Brag~, _n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing, BLATHERSKITE, great cry and little wool.

~Braggadocio~, _n._ Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, BLATHERSKITE, gascon, vain-glorious fellow.

~Braggart~, _n._ Boaster, BRAGGADOCIO.

~Braggart~, _a._ BOASTFUL, boasting.

~Brag of~, Boast, vaunt, magnify, exalt, make much of.

~Brahma~, _n._ (_Hindoo Mythol._) The Creator, God.

~Brahmin~, _n._ [Written also _Bramin_.] Hindoo Priest.

~Braid~, _v. n._ Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave together.

~Brain-fever~, _n._ Phrenitis.

~Brain-pan~, _n._ Skull, cranium.

~Brains~, _n. pl._ Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties.

~Brake~, _n._ ~1.~ Fern.

~2.~ Thicket, brushwood, jungle.

~Brake up~, Put down the brakes (_to stop a railway train_).

~Bramah press~, Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press.

~Branch~, _n._ ~1.~ Bough, limb, shoot.

~2.~ Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part.

~3.~ Section, subdivision, part, portion, article, member.

~Branch~, _v. n._ Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off.

~Branch off~, Ramify, BRANCH.

~Branch out~, Expatiate, be diffuse, speak diffusely.

~Branchiæ~, _n. pl._ [L.] Gills.

~Branching~, _n._ Ramification, arborescence.

~Branching~, _a._ Arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendritic.

~Brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Fire-brand.

~2.~ Mark (_of a hot iron_).

~3.~ Kind, quality.

~4.~ Stigma, stain, reproach.

~5.~ [_Poetical._] Sword.

~Brand~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark (_with a hot iron_).

~2.~ Stigmatize, denounce.

~Brand-goose~, n. Brant, brent (_Anser bernicla_).

~Brandish~, _v. a._ Flourish, wave.

~Brand-new~, _a._ Quite new, fire-new, spick and span new, span new.

~Brant~, _n._ Brent, BRAND-GOOSE.

~Brash~, _a._ ~1.~ Hasty, rash, impetuous.

~2.~ [_Local_, _U. S._] Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

~Brass~, _n._ ~1.~ Alloy of copper and zinc.

~2.~ Assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK.

~Brassy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Bold, pert, assuming, forward, CHEEKY, brazen, brazen-faced.

~Brat~, _n._ [_Term of contempt._] Child, urchin, bantling, infant, BAIRN.

~Bravado~, _n._ Boast, boasting, brag, bluster, BLATHERSKITE.

~Brave~, _a._ Fearless (_from temperament_), COURAGEOUS, intrepid, daring, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, bold, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, valorous, doughty, heroic, Spartan, lion-hearted.

~Brave~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Bully, hector, blusterer.

~2.~ Indian warrior.

~Brave~, _v. a._ Defy, dare, challenge, set at defiance.

~Bravery~, _n._ Fearlessness (_from temperament_), COURAGE, intrepidity, audacity, valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, spirit, mettle, pluck, manhood, heroism, SPUNK.

~Bravo~, _n._ Bandit, assassin, assassinator, murderer, cut-throat, daring villain.

~Bravo~, _interj._ Well done.

~Brawl~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quarrel (_noisily_), dispute (_angrily_).

~2.~ Roar, resound.

~Brawl~, _n._ Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation, fracas, squabble, fray, AFFRAY, feud, tumult, disturbance, row, BOBBERY, MÊLÉE. RUMPUS, outbreak.

~Brawny~, _a._ Muscular, sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, athletic, powerful, strong, vigorous, lusty, robust, nervous, strapping, Herculean, able- bodied.

~Bray~, _v. a._ Pound (_into small pieces or powder_), bruise, crush, grind, comminute, triturate.

~Bray~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Utter a harsh cry (_like the ass_).

~2.~ Make a harsh sound.

~Braying~, _a._ Blatant, bellowing, clamorous, vociferous, noisy, obstreperous.

~Braze~, _v. a._ Solder with brass.

~Brazen~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of brass.

~2.~ Bold, BRAZEN-FACED.

~Brazen-faced~, _a._ Bold, impudent, assuming, forward, pert, saucy, brazen, BRASSY, CHEEKY.

~Brazier~, _n._ ~1.~ Worker or artificer in brass.

~2.~ Pan for coals.

~Brazil-root~, _n._ Ipecacuanha, ipecac.

~Brazil tea~, Maté.

~Breach~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap, crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift.

~2.~ Infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance.

~3.~ Quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out.

~Bread~, _n._ Food (_especially food made of grain_), sustenance, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, victuals, viands, provisions.

~Breadth~, _n._ Width.

~Break~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear asunder.

~2.~ Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces.

~3.~ Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair.

~4.~ Tame, make tractable, make docile.

~5.~ Make bankrupt.

~6.~ Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier.

~7.~ Violate, infringe, transgress, set at nought.

~8.~ Lessen the force of (_as a fall_).

~9.~ Interrupt, cease, intermit, cut short.

~10.~ Disclose, open, unfold, lay open.

~Break~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces.

~2.~ Burst, explode.

~3.~ Open, dawn, appear.

~4.~ Become bankrupt.

~5.~ Decline, low health or strength.

~Break~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm, rupture, fracture.

~2.~ Interruption, pause, CÆSURA.

~3.~ Dawn, dawning.

~Break away~, ~1.~ Escape (_against resistance_), break loose.

~2.~ Be scattered, be dissipated.

~Break-bone fever~, Dengue, dandy-fever.

~Break bulk~, Begin to unload.

~Break down~, (_Active._) Crush, overwhelm, overcome.

~Break down~, (_Neuter._) Fall, give out.

~Breaker~, _n._ Wave, surge, billow.

~Break faith~, Be faithless, be perfidious, falsify one's word.

~Break forth~, Issue, burst out, break out.

~Break ground~, Begin, commence operations.

~Break jail~, Escape from jail.

~Break in~, ~1.~ Make an irruption.

~2.~ Intrude one's self, take up the discourse, begin to speak.

~Breaking~, _n._ Rupture, fracture.

~Break of day~, Dawn, dawning, daybreak, morning, cockcrowing, MORN, dayspring, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.

~Break off~, ~1.~ Be ruptured.

~2.~ Desist, cease, stop, leave off.

~Break out~, Issue, break forth, burst out.

~Break the ice~, Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way.

~Breakwater~, _n._ Jetty, pier, mole.

~Break with~, Fall out, part friendship with.

~Breast~, _n._ ~1.~ Bosom.

~2.~ Heart, conscience, seat of the affections.

~3.~ Mamma, teat, dug, udder.

~Breast~, _v. a._ Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the breast against.

~Breast bone~, _n._ Sternum.

~Breastwork~, _n._ (_Fort._) Parapet.

~Breath~, _n._ ~1.~ Air inspired and expired.

~2.~ Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark.

~3.~ Respite, pause, rest.

~Breathe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Respire.

~2.~ Live, exist.

~3.~ Pause, rest, take breath, have a respite.

~Breathe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inspire and expire.

~2.~ Exhale, emit, give out, throw out.

~3.~ Whisper, utter softly.

~4.~ Indicate, manifest, express, show.

~Breathe in~, Inhale, draw into the lungs.

~Breathe out~, Expire, force out of the lungs.

~Breathing~, _n._ ~1.~ Respiration.

~2.~ Aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning.

~Breathing~, _a._ Living, alive, live, not dead.

~Breathing-hole~, _n._ Vent-hole.

~Breathless~, _a._ ~1.~ Out of breath.

~2.~ Dead, lifeless, defunct.

~Breech~, _n._ Hinder part, after part.

~Breech-band~, _n._ Breeching.

~Breeches~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Small-clothes.

~2.~ Trousers, pantaloons.

~Breeching~, _n._ Breech-band.

~Breed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up.

~2.~ Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school.

~3.~ Beget, get, procreate, engender, generate, produce.

~4.~ Originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause of.

~Breed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bring forth young, produce offspring.

~2.~ Be born, be produced.

~Breed~, _n._ Race (_of animals_), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock.

~Breeding~, _n._ ~1.~ Nurture, education, discipline, instruction, training, schooling.

~2.~ Deportment, manners.

~Breeze~, _n._ Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind.

~2.~ Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir, agitation.

~Bregma~, _n._ (_Anat._) Sinciput, top of the head.

~Brent~, _n._ Brant, brand-goose (_Anser bernicla_).

~Brett~, _n._ Britzska.

~Breviary~, _n._ ~1.~ Abridgment, epitome, compend, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, digest, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance.

~2.~ Prayer-book.

~Brevipennate~, _a._ (_Ornith._) Short-winged.

~Brevity~, _n._ ~1.~ Briefness, shortness.

~2.~ Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness.

~Brew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare by fermentation.

~2.~ Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite, stir up.

~Brew~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make beer.

~2.~ Be gathering, be forming.

~Brewery~, _n._ Brew-house.

~Bribe~, _n._ Reward of treachery.

~Bribe~, _v. a._ Suborn, gain by a bribe, give a bribe to.

~Bridal~, _a._ Nuptial, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, conjugal.

~Bridal~, _n._ Marriage, wedding, nuptials, nuptial festival.

~Bridewell~, _n._ Prison, jail, penitentiary, workhouse, house of correction.

~Bridle~, _n._ Restraint, curb, check.

~Bridle~, _v. a._ Restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern.

~Brief~, _a._ ~1.~ Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT.

~2.~ Transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral.

~Brief~, _n._ ~1.~ Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus.

~2.~ Pontifical letter, papal rescript.

~3.~ (_Law._) Writ, precept.

~Briefly~, _ad._ Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words.

~Brigand~, _n._ Robber, highwayman, free-booter, marauder, outlaw, bandit.

~Bright~, _a._ ~1.~ Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argent.

~2.~ Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid.

~3.~ Illustrious, glorious, famous.

~4.~ Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENT.

~5.~ Auspicious, promising, propitious.

~Brighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright.

~2.~ Make cheerful, make joyous.

~Brighten~, _v. n._ Grow bright.

~Brightness~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence.

~2.~ Clearness, transparency, lucidity.

~3.~ Acuteness, ingenuity, sagacity, acumen, astuteness, discernment, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Brilliancy~, _n._ Splendor, lustre, brightness, effulgence, refulgence, radiance, shine, sheen, gloss.

~Brilliant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sparkling, glittering, splendid, lustrous, shining, bright, beaming, radiant, effulgent, refulgent, resplendent.

~2.~ Illustrious, glorious, celebrated, famous.

~Brilliant~, _n._ Diamond (_cut into facets_).

~Brim~, _n._ Edge, border, rim, verge, margin, skirt.

~Brimful~, _a._ Quite full, full to the brim, choke full.

~Brimstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Sulphur.

~2.~ [_Commercial term._] Cane brimstone, roll sulphur, stick sulphur.

~Brinded~, _a._ Brindled, tabby.

~Brindled~, _a._ Brinded, tabby.

~Brine~, _n._ ~1.~ Salt water.

~2.~ Sea, ocean, deep, main.

~Bring~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convey, bear, FETCH.

~2.~ Produce, gain, be the cause of, be the means of.

~3.~ Draw, lead, induce, prevail upon.

~Bring about~, Effect, achieve, accomplish, bring to pass.

~Bring back~, ~1.~ Recall.

~2.~ Restore, return.

~Bring down~, Humble, abase.

~Bring forth~, ~1.~ Give birth to.

~2.~ Produce, exhibit, show, expose, bring out, bring to light, make manifest.

~Bring forward~, Introduce, propose.

~Bring near~, APPROXIMATE.

~Bring on~, Originate, give rise to.

~Bring out~, Produce, expose, show, exhibit, bring forth, bring to light.

~Bring over~, ~1.~ Bear across.

~2.~ Convert, win over.

~Bring to~, ~1.~ Check the course of (_said of a ship_).

~2.~ Resuscitate, revive.

~Bring under~, Subdue, repress, restrain, conquer, get the better of.

~Bring up~, Educate, instruct, rear, nurse.

~Brink~, _n._ Edge, border, margin, verge, brow.

~Briny~, _a._ Salt.

~Brisk~, _a._ Active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart, alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly.

~Brittle~, _a._ Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH, easily broken (_into pieces_), easily shivered.

~Britzska~, _n._ Brett.

~Broach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, tap.

~2.~ Utter, publish, proclaim, give out.

~Broached~, _a._ Tapped, abroach, on tap.

~Broad~, _a._ ~1.~ Wide.

~2.~ Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast.

~3.~ Spread, diffused, open.

~4.~ Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene.

~Broaden~, _v. a._ Widen, make broad.

~Broadside~, _n._ ~1.~ Cannonade (_from all the guns on the side of a ship)_.

~2.~ Placard, bill, poster, hand-bill.

~Brochure~, _n._ [Fr.] Pamphlet.

~Broil~, _n._ Affray, fray, quarrel, contention, feud, BRAWL.

~Broken~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, rent, severed, separated.

~2.~ Weakened, impaired, feeble, shaken, spent, wasted, exhausted.

~3.~ Abrupt, craggy, steep, precipitous, rough.

~Broken-hearted~, _a._ Disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless, cheerless, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, woebegone, forlorn, undone, heart-broken, in despair.

~Broker~, _n._ Factor, agent, middleman, go-between.

~Brood~, _v. n._ Incubate.

~Brood~, _n._ Offspring, progeny, issue.

~Brood over~, Think long and anxiously about.

~Brook~, _n._ Rivulet, streamlet, run, RUNNEL, runlet, rill, BURN, small stream.

~Brook~, _v. a._ Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with, submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily.

~Broom~, _n._ Besom.

~Broth~, _n._ Soup (_in which meat has been macerated_).

~Brothel~, _n._ Bagnio, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

~Brotherhood~, _n._ ~1.~ Relation of a brother, mutual kindness (_as of brothers_).

~2.~ Fraternity, ASSOCIATION, sodality, society, CLIQUE, coterie, clan, JUNTO.

~Brotherly~, _a._ Fraternal, affectionate, kind, amicable, friendly, cordial.

~Brow~, _n._ ~1.~ Forehead.

~2.~ Edge (_as of a precipice_), brink, border.

~Browbeat~, _v. a._ Bully, overbear, treat insolently.

~Brown study~, Reverie, musing, abstraction, preoccupation, absence, absence of mind.

~Browse~, _n._ Tender twigs of shrubs and trees.

~Browse~, _v. a._ Nibble, crop, feed upon.

~Browse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feed on browse.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Live precariously.

~Bruin~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Bear.

~Bruise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, squeeze, contuse.

~2.~ Break, batter, pound, bray, pulverize, comminute, triturate, break to pieces.

~Bruise~, _n._ Contusion.

~Bruit~, _n._ Rumor, fame, report, hearsay, town-talk.

~Bruit~, _v. a._ Report, noise, blaze or spread abroad.

~Brunt~, _n._ Shock, heat of onset.

~Brush~, _n._ ~1.~ Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, battle, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair.

~2.~ Thicket, bushes, shrubs, brushwood.

~Brushwood~, _n._ Underwood, shrubs, bushes, brush.

~Brusque~, _a._ [Fr.] Rude, rough, blunt, unceremonious, abrupt, bluff, gruff, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite.