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A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

A boride. [Obs.]

See Birt.

Brimful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

pl. of Brother.

Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France. -- n.

Same as Britzska.

The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.

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. Brande & C.

See Pretzel.

See Bromide. [Obs.]

An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.

A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]

Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.]

n, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize. By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. Knight.

Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.

latile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]

One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a surface carburetor, or a float, float-feed, or spray, carburetor. In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasolin…

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