The marriage bed.

Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.

The nuptial apartment.

A man newly married, or just about to be married.

A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.

See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.

A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the /best man./

A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

A card game resembling whist.

A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.

capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge.

A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.

a circuit consisting of a T-network with an additional arm bridging the two series arms.

A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a t/te-de-pont.

The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

Having no bridge; not bridged.

The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle.

The capital city of Barbados. Population (2000) = 6,700.

The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

Full of bridges.

To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up.

One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.

The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein.

same as Brie cheese.

To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.

a small suitcase with a handle; it is used for carrying papers or files or books.

giving detailed instructions, as for a military operation.

Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.

Concisely; in few words.

One who makes a brief.

The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

the white heath Erica arborea.

Set with briers.

wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; it is used to make tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier and brier root.

A place where briers grow.

On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.

To form into a brigade, or into brigades.

A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.

Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.

Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.

Brigandage.

A practical vessel.

A bridge.

Brightly.

To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.

Having glittering armor.

To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.

Contentious; quarrelsome.

To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

Brilliancy.

The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

An oily composition used to make the hair manageable and glossy.

In a brilliant manner.

Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.

The hair on the eyelids of a horse.

Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.

Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.

Having no brim; as, brimless caps.

Having a brim; -- usually in composition.

A brimful bowl; a bumper.

Full to the brim; overflowing.

Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.

Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.

One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.

Brindled.

Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.

To steep or saturate in brine.

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

One who brings.

The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.

Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

State or quality of being brinish.

A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.

the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower.

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

A light sweet pastry (cake, bun or roll) made with flour, butter, yeast, and eggs.

An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.

See Bryony.

a type of antacid sold over-the-counter.

A block of compacted charcoal, coal dust, or peat, etc., used as a fuel. Charcoal briquettes are a common fuel used for the outdoor barbecue grill.

the Jewish rite of circumcision.

the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion; -- used especially as a measure of such a shattering power, applied to high explosives.

of or pertaining to brisance.

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

to become brisk.

That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest.

In a brisk manner; nimbly.

Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.

a small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.

Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.

grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet.

resembling a bristle in stiffness.

An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

The quality or state of having bristles.

Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.

A seaport city in the west of England.

Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

the Jewish rite of circumcision.

A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

People of Great Britain.

An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service.

an expression that is limited to English as spoken by Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American English).

British. A native of Great Britain.

the people of Great Britain.

the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish.