Breeching (n.) A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech.
Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.
Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.
Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
Breech-loading (a.) Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
Breech pin () Alt. of Breech screw
Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.
Bred (imp. & p. p.) of Breed
Breeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breed
Breed (v. t.) To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
Breed (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up.
Breed (v. t.) To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.
Breed (v. t.) To give birth to; to be the native place of; as, a pond breeds fish; a northern country breeds stout men.
Breed (v. t.) To raise, as any kind of stock.
Breed (v. t.) To produce or obtain by any natural process.
Breed (v. i.) To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
Breed (v. i.) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.
Breed (v. i.) To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
Breed (v. i.) To raise a breed; to get progeny.
Breed (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance.
Breed (n.) Class; sort; kind; -- of men, things, or qualities.
Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.
Breedbate (n.) One who breeds or originates quarrels.
Breeder (n.) One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
Breeder (n.) A cause.
Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Breeding (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
Breeding (n.) Nurture; education; formation of manners.
Breeding (n.) Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.
Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.
Breeze (n.) Alt. of Breeze fly
Breeze fly (n.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, 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.
Breeze (n.) A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
Breeze (n.) An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.
Breeze (n.) Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
Breeze (n.) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
Breeze (v. i.) To blow gently.
Breezeless (a.) Motionless; destitute of breezes.
Breeziness (n.) State of being breezy.
Breezy (a.) Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.
Breezy (a.) Fresh; brisk; full of life.
Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.
Bregmatic (a.) Pertaining to the bregma.
Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.
Breme (a.) Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel.
Breme (a.) Famous; renowned; well known.
Brent (imp. & p. p.) of Brenne
Brenning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brenne
Bren (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Brenne
Brenne (v. t. & i.) To burn.
Bren (n.) Bran.
Brennage (n.) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.
Brenningly (adv.) Burningly; ardently.
Brent (a.) Alt. of Brant
Brant (a.) Steep; high.
Brant (a.) Smooth; unwrinkled.
Brent (imp. & p. p.) Burnt.
Brent (n.) A brant. See Brant.
Brequet chain () A watch-guard.
Brere (n.) A brier.
Brest (3d sing.pr.) for Bursteth.
Brest (n.) Alt. of Breast
Breast (n.) A torus.
Brast (imp.) of Breste
Brusten (p. p.) of Breste
Borsten () of Breste
Bursten () of Breste
Breste (v. t. & i.) To burst.
Brestsummer (n.) See Breastsummer.
Bret (n.) See Birt.
Bretful (a.) Brimful.
Brethren (n.) pl. of Brother.
Breton (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.
Breton (n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.
Brett (n.) Same as Britzska.
Brettices (pl. ) of Brettice
Brettice (n.) The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.
Bretwalda (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.
Bretzel (n.) See Pretzel.
Breve (n.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service.
Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
Breve (n.) A curved mark [/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.
Breve (n.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.
Brevet (n.) A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].
Brevet (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
Brevetted (imp. & p. p.) of Brevet
Brevetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brevet
Brevet (v. t.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
Brevet (a.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
Brevetcies (pl. ) of Brevetcy
Brevetcy (n.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
Breviaries (pl. ) of Breviary
Breviary (n.) An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
Breviary (n.) A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal.
Breviate (n.) A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.
Breviate (n.) A lawyer's brief.
Breviate (v. t.) To abbreviate.