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Boastingly.

The act of making or using braids.

The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. Shaded with branching palm. Milton.

An iron to brand with.

Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

A quarrel. [R.] Whitlock.

See Brattice, n.

A bravado; a boast. With so proud a strain Of threats and bravings. Chapman.

In a defiant manner.

Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak.

In a brawling manner.

Making a harsh noise; blaring. "Braying trumpets." Shak.

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth.

Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe.

The act or process of generating or bearing.

Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]

The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.