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xure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. [Obs.] Spenser. The boughts of the fore legs. Sir T. Browne.

Goodness; generosity. [Obs.] Spenser.

A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser.

he hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand. Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand. Spenser.

awbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. Spenser. Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor.

In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly. [Obs.] Spenser.

Sharp passion; vexation. [Obs.] Heart-burning brame. Spenser.

whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought. Spenser.

A brawl or dance. [Obs.] Spenser.

A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

his yën braste out of his face. Chaucer. Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. Spenser.

Brawny; strong; muscular. [Obs.] Spenser.

Braided [Obs.] Spenser.

ctable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. "To break a colt." Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute Shak.

An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.] Spenser. From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air. Drayton.

Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] Spenser. As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. Turbervile.

Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. [R.] Spenser.

e built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. -- Suspension bridge. See under Suspension. -- Trestle bridge, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. -- Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular wall…

British. [Obs.] Spenser. -- n.