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Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mammma; a teat. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. Cant. viii. 1.

ee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. -- To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.]

A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.

Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. The thorns and briers of reproof. Cowper. Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and S. Walleri; -- used for tobacco pipes. -- Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (S. rotundifolia, etc.) -- Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.…

Full of briers; thorny.

Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. Brigade inspector, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. -- Brigade major, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties.…

or splendor to. The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. Swift.

With lively intelligence; intelligently. Looking brightly into the mother's face. Hawthorne.

d heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

en. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. Tennyson.

nd hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

ellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields. -- Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler. See Christ's thorn. -- Riding buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage of a cable.

at size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne.

event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.

ef, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

hes rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.

e included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

ultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.

A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

us. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America. Cactus wren (Zoöl.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.