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hore, 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 fastened there; smallclothes. -- To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.]…

Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

A brant. See Brant.

was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes. Brande & C.

A mooring hawser. Bowline bridle. See under Bowline. -- Branches of a bridle. See under Branch. -- Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above. -- Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand. -- Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses and pack hor…

The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison.

Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. -- Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia. -- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. --…

sus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.

, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. Spenser. Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. Dryden.

Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.

Small branches of trees cut off.

A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.

, or pertaining to the Buccinidæ, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.

A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.

A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. Sea buckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippophaë.

A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.

Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered. Bullate leaf (Bot.), a leaf, the membranous part of which rises between the veins puckered elevations convex on one side and concave on the other.

A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]