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A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.

To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.

A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). Totten.

A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

; as, to brace the yards. To brace about (Naut.), to turn (a yard) round for the contrary tack. -- To brace a yard (Naut.), to move it horizontally by means of a brace. -- To brace in (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by hauling in the weather brace. -- To brace one's self, to call up one's energies. "He braced himself for…

A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

ng from the face of a wall, column, or the like. Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc.

Braids, collectively; trimming. A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray.

the mouth; pyrosis. -- Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.

nd double change of bravery. Shak. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. Milton.

s in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

e sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.

a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. Layard.

ope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.

mpanies before they are mustered into service. -- Brigade major, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties.

brine which collects at the bottom. -- Brine shrimp, Brine worm (Zoöl.), a phyllopod crustacean of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia. -- Brine spring, a spring of salt water. -- Leach brine (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated salt in drying,…

A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.