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ds aback. -- To box the compass (Naut.), to name the thirty-two points of the compass in their order.

ip by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar organizations, which are now worldwide. In "The Boy Scouts of America" the local councils are general…

d or tie closely; to fasten tightly. The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.

eparation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch. The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts.

o called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] Tennyson. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton.

To burst. [Obs.] And both his yën braste out of his face. Chaucer. Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. Spenser.

Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. "A braw new gown." Burns.

break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. Shak.

a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

The power of respiration, and hence, life. Hood. Thou takest away their breath, they die. Ps. civ. 29.

To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. Shak.

To produce or obtain by any natural process. [Obs.] Children would breed their teeth with less danger. Locke.

, of the family Tabanidæ, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest of two- winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written also breese and brize.]

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes. Brande & C.

Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

Broth or pottage. [Obs.] Let them of their Bonner's "beef" and "broth" make what brewis they please for their credulous guests. Bp. Hall.

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

right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.