Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

In a brawling manner.

A muscle; flesh.

Brawny; strong; muscular.

A boor killed for the table.

The quality or state of being brawny.

Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.

A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities.

A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.

One that brays like an ass.

Making a harsh noise; blaring.

To cover or ornament with brass.

To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.

Shamelessly impudent.

An impudent or shameless person.

Impudent; shameless.

In a bold, impudent manner.

The quality or state of being brazen.

Same as Brasier.

See Brazil wood.

Of or pertaining to Brazil. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.

A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies.

a North American river, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

The capital city of Congo. Population (2000) = 937,580.

To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.

To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

a container used to store breads or cake, to keep them fresh.

The stomach.

a container used to store breads or cake, to keep them fresh.

Braided

Made of bread.

The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

Without bread; destitute of food.

a queue of people waiting for free food.

The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food.

Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

Without breadth.

Breadthwise.

In the direction of the breadth.

The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.

An opening made by fracture or disruption.

a type of solo dancing in which the dancer performs elaborate footwork, pantomime, and various acrobatic movements, such as spinning head stands or spinning on the back, and usually containing much improvization. It was first performed by male teenagers in the 1970's, in small informal groups on the streets, and is often performed to the accompaniment of rap music or other rock music with a rapid, strong beat.

A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

an act of trespassing into a closed structure such as a house or place of busineess for an unlawful purpose, usually as part of a burglary.

Disruption; coming apart; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of a meeting, assembly, or dinner party; the break-up of a spacecraft on re-entry into the atmosphere.

the quality of being easily damaged or destroyed.

Capable of being broken.

The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede.

a West Indian timber tree (Sloanea jamaicensis) having very hard wood.

The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

One who, or that which, breaks.

To furnish with breakfast.

The act of breaking something.

See Brakeman.

Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed.

Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga.

a productive insight.

Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.

A torus.

Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

High as the breast.

A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

The front transverse beam of a locomotive.

The bone of the breast; the sternum.

Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat.

A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.

The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing.

A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

A knot of ribbons worn on the breast.

A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.

The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.

See Breastband.

A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows.

A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.

Such as can be breathed.

State of being breathable.

to test the alcohol content of someone's blood by means of a breathalyzer.

a device that measures alcohol content of a person's breath.

To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.

uttered without voice.

One who breathes. One who lives. One who utters. One who animates or inspires.

Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

In a breathless manner.

The state of being breathless or out of breath.

A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.

Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance.

imp. p. p. of Breed.

A braid.

To put into, or clothe with, breeches.

Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

A cloth worn around the breech.

covering for the loins.

dressed in trousers.

A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.

A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance.

One who breeds or originates quarrels.

Breadth.

One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.

The act or process of generating or bearing.

To blow gently.

A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid/, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.

Motionless; destitute of breezes.

State of being breezy.

Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.

The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Pertaining to the bregma.

An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.