Brahmo-somaj (n.) A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindoos.
Braided (imp. &. p. p.) of Braid
Braiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Braid
Braid (v. t.) To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
Braid (v. t.) To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.
Braid (n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.
Braid (n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
Braid (n.) A quick motion; a start.
Braid (n.) A fancy; freak; caprice.
Braid (v. i.) To start; to awake.
Braid (v. t.) Deceitful.
Braiding (n.) The act of making or using braids.
Braiding (n.) Braids, collectively; trimming.
Brail (n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
Brail (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
Brail (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
Brain (n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
Brain (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.
Brain (n.) The affections; fancy; imagination.
Brained (imp. & p. p.) of Brain
Braining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brain
Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
Brain (v. t.) To conceive; to understand.
Brained (p.a.) Supplied with brains.
Brainish (a.) Hot-headed; furious.
Brainless (a.) Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.
Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.
Brainsick (a.) Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
Brainsickly (adv.) In a brainsick manner.
Brainy (a.) Having an active or vigorous mind.
Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize
Braize (n.) A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
Braise (n.) Alt. of Braize
Braize (n.) Charcoal powder; breeze.
Braize (n.) Braised meat.
Braise (v. t.) To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.
Braiser (n.) A kettle or pan for braising.
Brait (n.) A rough diamond.
Braize (n.) See Braise.
Brake () imp. of Break.
Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.
Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.
Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.
Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.
Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.
Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.
Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.
Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakeman
Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny.
Brama (n.) See Brahma.
Bramah press () A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.
Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
Bramble (n.) The brambling or bramble finch.
Bramble bush () The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
Brambled (a.) Overgrown with brambles.
Bramble net () A net to catch birds.
Brambling (n.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
Brambly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles.
Brame (n.) Sharp passion; vexation.
Bramin () Alt. of Braminic
Braminic () See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc.
Bran (n.) 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.
Bran (n.) The European carrion crow.
Brancard (n.) A litter on which a person may be carried.
Branches (pl. ) of Branch
Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
Branch (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
Branch (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
Branched (imp. & p. p.) of Branch
Branching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Branch
Branch (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
Branch (v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
Branch (v. t.) To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
Branch (v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
Brancher (n.) That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
Brancher (n.) A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
Branchery (n.) A system of branches.
Branchiae (pl. ) of Branchia
Branchia (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
Branchial (a.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.
Branchiate (a.) Furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments.
Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.
Branchiness (n.) Fullness of branches.
Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.