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Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.

The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15.

A man newly married, or just about to be married.

A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [Obs.]

See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.

A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

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

take or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson.

e confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

See cantharis.

A hydrocarbon.

A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. -- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.…

turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton.

One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.

Same as Bichloride.

A subclass of algæ including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeæ of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

See Borofluoride.

A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Calcium fluoride (Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite.

A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

erce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton. That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser.