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One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney. Halliwell.

A man who uses a bow; an archer. The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. Jer. iv. 29. Bowman's root. (Bot.) See Indian physic, under Indian.

boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. Shak.

Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.

is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys.

Dryden. It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.

idst of the verse." Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent. -- Breathing time, pause; relaxation. Bp. Hall. -- Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. Shak. -- Rough breathing (spiritus asper) (. See 2d Asper, n. -- Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h…

Bonner's "beef" and "broth" make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. Bp. Hall.

Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.

ght; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. And night shall brighten into day. N. Cotton. And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere world be past. Goldsmith.

to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. 1 Kings xvii. 11. To France shall we convey you safe, And bring you back. Shak.

To open for the first time, as stores. You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores. Knolles.

To embroider. [Archaic] They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4.

to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint. Spenser. Shall we, who could not brook one lord, Crouch to the wicked ten Macaulay.

k. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother. Shak.

erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall.

A humming noise. Halliwell.

Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

ly. Observe but how their own principles combat one another. Milton. If they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Kings vii. 4. A formidable man but to his friends. Dryden.

eshments are kept for sale to the students. And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. E. Hall.