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the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. Derham.

s none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.…

Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.

An impudent of shameless person. "Well said, brazenface; hold it out." Shak.

Impudent; shameless.

essel without breaking. -- A clean breach implies that everything on deck is swept away. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.

eat breeder. Dr. A. Carlyle. Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men. Ascham.

the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.

ning to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.

A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall. Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct. -- Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See under Ass, Bascule, Bateau. -- Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the r…

in omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.

s noisy quarrels. What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church Hammond.

Without shame. L. Addison.

bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] -- Brown coal, wood coal…

by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.

A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidæ. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.

An inhuman act. The . . . brutalities exercised in war. Brougham.