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; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway. Most of the branches , or streams, were dried up. W. Irving.

That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

A system of branches.

Of or pertaining to branchiæ or gills. Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Branchial clefts, the openings between the branchial arches through which water passes.

Fullness of branches.

Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. Shaded with branching palm. Milton.

A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.

Destitude of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches. Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom. J. Scott.

made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

istilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.

acific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

Breeches. [Obs.] Shak.

urnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.

Anything made of bricks. Niches in brickwork form the most difficult part of the bricklayer's art. Tomlinson.

A mooring hawser. Bowline bridle. See under Bowline. -- Branches of a bridle. See under Branch. -- Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above. -- Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand. -- Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses and pack hor…

rom proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. [Eng.] Apostolical brief, a letter of the pope written on fine parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the secretary of briefs, dated "a die Nativitatis," i. e., "from the day of the…

A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel. [Obs.] Chesterfield.

Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.