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A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

Impudent; bold.

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

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.

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

See Brassart.

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

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

A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.

The state, conditions, or quality of being brassy. [Colloq.]

Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

A passage different from the usual one; a byway.

dillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]

A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.]

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. Woodward.

One who canvasses.