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e, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Braid your locks with rosy twine. Milton.

The act of making or using braids.

A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.

out to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.

A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale. The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson.

The marriage bed. [Poetic]

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.

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

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.

ition 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 rail, for the convenience of…

A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

A board or plank used as a bridge.