rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the brain.

Having an active or vigorous mind.

To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.

A kettle or pan for braising.

A rough diamond.

See Braise.

Charcoal powder; breeze.

An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

the combination of interacting parts that work to slow a moving vehicle.

Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.

wearing no brassiere.

See Brahma.

Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.

Overgrown with brambles.

The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles.

Sharp passion; vexation.

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

See Brand-new.

A litter on which a person may be carried.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; as, long branched hairs on its legs, on which pollen collects.

That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

A system of branches.

A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

Of or pertaining to branchi/ or gills.

Furnished with branchi/; as, branchiate segments.

Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.

Fullness of branches.

The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.

Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchi/, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

The state of being made up of branchiate segments.

One of the Branchiopoda.

An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.

Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.

Branchiostegal.

The lancelet. See Amphioxus.

A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

A little branch; a twig.

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).

Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.

A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.

One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.

Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.

One who brandishes.

To shake; to totter.

Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.

Brandy.

To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.

Wrangle; brangle.

A quarrelsome person.

A quarrel.

To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.

A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.

A brawl or dance.

Steep.

Steep; high.

A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (Vulpes vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.

The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.

Relating to the brain; cerebral.

Same as Brazen.

a magnoliid genus; a genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as the most primitive of extant angiosperms; alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.

A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly.

A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times.

A substance, C16H14O5, extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air, being oxidized to bra*sil"e*in (/), C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties.

The capital city of Brazil, built on the central plateau. Population (2000) = 1,800,000.

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, etc. Called also steep.

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.

Impudent; bold.

A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

an armor plate that protects the arm.

Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.

any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7.

A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap.

See Brassart.

a genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips; the spider orchids.

A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (Brassica campestris); the common turnip (Brassica rapa); the rape or coleseed (Brassica napus), etc.

a natural family of plants with four-petaled flowers.

Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.

formerly a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon.

A form of woman's undergarment, often stiffened with wire or whalebones, or the like, and worn to cover and support the breasts; -- also called bra. It usually has straps which support it from the shoulders, but strapless variants are also made.

The state, condition, or quality of being brassy.

resembling the sound of a brass instrument.

A wooden club soled with brass.

To burst.

A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also brach.

The capital city of Slovakia. Population (2000) = 446,600.

The tenor viola, or viola.

A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. Planking to support a roof or wall.

See Brattice, n.

a small pork sausage seasoned with spices and herbs, and usually served broiled or sauteed.

A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.

Bravado.

Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.

In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.

The quality of state or being brave.

The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.

A bravado; a boast.

In a defiant manner.

Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad.

A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.

One that brawls; wrangler.

Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

In a brawling manner.

A muscle; flesh.

Brawny; strong; muscular.

A boor killed for the table.