The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 200
Bro"mo*form (?) , n. [ Brom ine + form yl.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, CHBr3 , having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects.
Watts.
Brompicrin <Xpage=184>
Brom*pi"crin (?) , n. [G. brompikrin ; brom bromine + pikrin s\'84ure picric acid.] (Chem.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3 , analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also brompikrin .]
Bromuret <Xpage=184>
Brom"u*ret (?) , n. See Bromide . [Obs.]
Bromyrite <Xpage=184>
Brom"y*rite (?) , n. [ Bromine + Gr. <?/ silver.] (Min.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite .
Bronchi <Xpage=184>
Bron"chi (?) , n. pl. (Anat.) See Bronchus .
Bronchia <Xpage=184>
Bron"chi*a (?) , n. pl. [L. , pl . Cf. Bronchus .] (Anat.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.
Dunglison.
Bronchial <Xpage=184>
Bron"chi*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. bronchial . See Bronchia .] (Anat.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.
Bronchial arteries , branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. -- Bronchial cells , the air cells terminating the bronchia. -- Bronchial glands , glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. -- Bronchial membrane , the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. -- Bronchial tube , the bronchi, or the bronchia.
Bronchic <Xpage=184>
Bron"chic (?) , a. (Anat.) Bronchial.
Bronchiole <Xpage=184>
Bron"chi*ole (?) , n. (Anat.) A minute bronchial tube.
Bronchitic <Xpage=184>
Bron*chit"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation .
Bronchitis <Xpage=184>
Bron*chi"tis (?) , n. [ Bronchus + -itis .] (Med.) Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them.
Broncho <Xpage=184>
Bron"cho (?) , n. [Sp. bronco rough, wild.] A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [Western U.S.]
Bronchocele <Xpage=184>
Bron"cho*cele (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ windpipe + <?/ tumor.] (Med.) See Goiter .
Bronchophony <Xpage=184>
Bron*choph"o*ny (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ windpipe + <?/ sound.] A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.
Broncho-pneumonia <Xpage=184>
Bron`cho-pneu*mo"ni*a (?) , n. [ Bronchus + pneumonia .] (Med.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
Bronchotome <Xpage=184>
Bron"cho*tome (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ windpipe + <?/ to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes.
Bronchotomy <Xpage=184>
Bron*chot"o*my (?) , n. (Surg.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy .
Bronchus <Xpage=184>
Bron"chus (?) , n. ; pl. Bronchi (<?/) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ windpipe. Cf. Bronchia .] (Anat.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
Bronco <Xpage=184>
Bron"co (?) , n. Same as Broncho .
Brond <Xpage=184>
Brond (?) , n. [See Brand .] A sword. [Obs.]
Brontolite, Brontolith <Xpage=184>
Bron"to*lite (?) , Bron"to*lith (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ + -lite , -lith .] An a\'89rolite. [R.]
Brontology <Xpage=184>
Bron*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ thunder + -logy .] A treatise upon thunder.
Brontosaurus <Xpage=184>
Bron`to*sau"rus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thunder + <?/ lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.
Brontotherium <Xpage=184>
Bron`to*the"ri*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thunder + <?/ beast.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.
Brontozoum <Xpage=184>
Bron`to*zo"um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thunder + <?/ animal.] (Paleon.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.
&hand; The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles.
Bronze <Xpage=184>
Bronze (?) , n. [F. bronze , fr. It. bronzo brown, fr. OHG. br<?/n , G. braun . See Brown , a. ] 1. An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.
2. A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
A print, a bronze , a flower, a root. Prior.
3. A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
4. Boldness; impudence; "brass."
Imbrowned with native bronze , lo! Henley stands. Pope.
Aluminium bronze . See under Aluminium . -- Bronze age , an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. -- Bronze powder , a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface. -- Phosphor bronze ∧ Silicious ∨ Silicium bronze are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.
Bronze <Xpage=184>
Bronze , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bronzed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bronzing .] [Cf. F. bronzer . See Bronze , n. ] 1. To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.
The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. W. Black.
2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead. Sir W. Scott.
Bronzed skin disease . (Pathol.) See Addison's disease .
Bronzewing <Xpage=184>
Bronze"wing` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps , of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.
Bronzine <Xpage=184>
Bronz"ine (?) , n. A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze. -- a. Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.
Bronzing <Xpage=184>
Bronz"ing , n. 1. The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes.
Tomlinson.
2. A material for bronzing.
Bronzist <Xpage=184>
Bronz"ist , n. One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.
Bronzite <Xpage=184>
Bronz"ite (?) , n. [Cf. F. bronzite .] (Min.) A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
Bronzy <Xpage=184>
Bronz"y (?) , a. Like bronze.
Brooch <Xpage=184>
Brooch (?) , n. [See Broach , n. ] 1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. B. Jonson.
2. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
Brooch <Xpage=184>
Brooch , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brooched (<?/) .] To adorn as with a brooch. [R.]
Brood <Xpage=184>
Brood (?) , n. [OE. brod , AS. br\'d3d ; akin to D. broed , OHG. bruot , G. brut , and also to G. br\'81he broth, MHG. br\'81eje , and perh. to E. brawn , breath . Cf. Breed , v. t. ] 1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chicken .
As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings. Luke xiii. 34.
A hen followed by a brood of ducks. Spectator.
2. The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children .
The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood . Wordsworth.
3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Flocks of the airy brood , (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman.
4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
To sit on brood , to ponder. [Poetic]
Shak.
Brood <Xpage=184>
Brood , a. 1. Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
2. Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock ; having young; as, a brood sow .
Brood <Xpage=184>
Brood (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Brooded (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooding .] 1. To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.
Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton.
2. To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on ; as, to brood over misfortunes .
Brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden.
Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne.
When with downcast eyes we muse and brood . Tennyson.
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Brood <Xpage=185>
Brood (?) , v. t. 1. To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens .
2. To cherish with care. [R.]
3. To think anxiously or moodily upon.
You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. Dryden.
Broody <Xpage=185>
Brood"y (?) , a. Inclined to brood.
Ray.
Brook <Xpage=185>
Brook (?) , n. [OE. brok , broke , brook , AS. br\'d3c ; akin to D. broek , LG. br\'d3k , marshy ground, OHG. pruoh , G. bruch marsh; prob. fr. the root of E. break , so as that it signifies water breaking through the earth, a spring or brook, as well as a marsh. See Break , v. t. ] A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.
The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water. Deut. viii. 7.
Empires itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters. Shak.
Brook <Xpage=185>
Brook , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brooked (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooking .] [OE. broken , bruken , to use, enjoy, digest, AS. br<?/can ; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr<?/hhan , G. brauchen , gebrauchen , Icel. br<?/ka , Goth. br<?/kjan , and L. frui , to enjoy. Cf. Fruit , Broker .] 1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint .
Spenser.
Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten? Macaulay.
3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.]
Sir J. Hawkins.
Brookite <Xpage=185>
Brook"ite (?) , n. [Named from the English mineralogist, H.J. Brooke .] (Min.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
Brooklet <Xpage=185>
Brook"let (?) , n. A small brook.
Brooklime <Xpage=185>
Brook"lime` (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant ( Veronica Beccabunga ), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana . [Formerly written broklempe or broklympe .]
Brook mint <Xpage=185>
Brook" mint` (?) . (Bot.) See Water mint .
Brookside <Xpage=185>
Brook"side` (?) , n. The bank of a brook.
Brookweed <Xpage=185>
Brook"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) A small white-flowered herb ( Samolus Valerandi ) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.
Broom <Xpage=185>
Broom (?) , n. [OE. brom , brome , AS. br\'d3m ; akin to LG. bram , D. brem , OHG. br\'bemo broom, thorn<?/bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble , n. ] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers.
No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom . Wordsworth.
2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.
Butcher's broom , a plant ( Ruscus aculeatus ) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also knee holly . See Cladophyll . -- Dyer's broom , a species of mignonette ( Reseda luteola ), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. -- Spanish broom . See under Spanish .
Broom <Xpage=185>
Broom , v. t. (Naut.) See Bream .
Broom corn <Xpage=185>
Broom" corn` (?) . (Bot.) A variety of Sorghum vulgare , having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.
Broom rape <Xpage=185>
Broom" rape` (?) . (Bot.) A genus ( Orobanche ) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorum and A. Ludovicianum .
Broomstaff <Xpage=185>
Broom"staff` (?) , n. A broomstick. [Obs.]
Shak.
Broomstick <Xpage=185>
Broom"stick` (?) , n. A stick used as a handle of a broom.
Broomy <Xpage=185>
Broom"y (?) , a. Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.
If land grow mossy or broomy . Mortimer.
Brose <Xpage=185>
Brose (?) , n. [CF. Gael. brothas . Cf. Brewis , Broth .] Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose , water brose , etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used. [Scot.]
Brotel <Xpage=185>
Brot"el (?) , a. Brittle. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Brotelness <Xpage=185>
Brot"el*ness , n. Brittleness. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Broth <Xpage=185>
Broth (?) , n. [AS. bro<?/ ; akin to OHG. brod , brot ; cf. Ir. broth , Gael. brot . \'fb93. Cf. Brewis , Brew .] Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison.
Brothel <Xpage=185>
Broth"el (?) , n. [OE. brothel , brodel , brethel , a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. ber\'a2<?/an to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. bre\'a2tan to break, and E. brittle . The term brothel house was confused with bordel brothel. CF. Bordel .] A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.
Brotheler <Xpage=185>
Broth"el*er (?) , n. One who frequents brothels.
Brothelry <Xpage=185>
Broth"el*ry (?) , n. Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel.
B. Jonson.
Brother <Xpage=185>
Broth"er (?) , n. ; pl. Brothers (#) or Brethren (#) . See Brethren . [OE. brother , AS. br\'d3<?/or ; akin to OS. brothar , D. broeder , OHG. pruodar , G. bruder , Icel. br\'d3<?/ir , Sw. & Dan. broder , Goth. br\'d3<?/ar , Ir. brathair , W. brawd , pl. brodyr , Lith. brolis , Lett. brahlis , Russ. brat' , Pol. & Serv. brat , OSlav. brat<?/ , L. frater , Skr. bhr\'bet<?/ , Zend. bratar brother, Gr. <?/, <?/, a clansman. The common plural is Brothers ; in the solemn style, Brethren , OE. pl. brether , bretheren , AS. dat. sing. br\'c7<?/er , nom. pl. br\'d3<?/or , br\'d3<?/ru . &root;258. Cf. Frair , Fraternal .] 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother , or brother of the half blood .
Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother . Wordsworth.
2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawers, professors of religion, etc. "A brother of your order."
Shak.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers , For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother . Shak.