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One who, or that which, limits; a boundary. Sir T. Herbert.

t; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.

Without pity. Sir T. Browne.

wler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott.

To make ready; to prepare; to dress. [Obs.] We will all bowne ourselves for the banquet. Sir W. Scott.

to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. Sir W. Scott.

Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship 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 mem…

A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end. Sir W. Raleigh.

hem from their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott.

A brake or fern. Sir W. Scott.

The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. " My brain is too dull." Sir W. Scott.

from tempest and from rain. Shak. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. Sir W. Scott. Cane brake, a thicket of canes. See Canebrake.

The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity. Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery of your isle. Shak.

Good; fine. "A braw night." Sir W. Scott.

armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. MIlton. And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott.

Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.

To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.

ence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott.

Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state." Tillotson.

Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.