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vance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. -- Breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. -- Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or f…

To confer rank upon by brevet.

A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." Sir W. Scott.

Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse. He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist. Drake.

inary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.

or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. Philips.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles. His hair did bristle upon his head. Sir W. Scott.

The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

broker. -- Real estate broker, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. -- Ship broker, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. -- Stock broker. See Stockbroker.

d sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. Watts.…

A treatise upon thunder.

To think anxiously or moodily upon. You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. Dryden.

The forehead; as, a feverish brow. Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. Shak.

Srubs and bushes upon which animals browse.

was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.

r or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow, Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream. Shak.

To expose (meat) in strips to fire and smoke upon a buccan.

A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also bucanier.]