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Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.

the ready spaniel bounds. Pope. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. Byron.

is holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point. Ridley.

dle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled. Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail. -- Bowline knot. See Illust. under Knot. --…

A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. -- Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. -- Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tena…

Same as Bridoon.

al, Brain stone coral (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria. -- Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy. -- Brain fever (Med.), fever in whic…

sion given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters. Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron, which bear the bit, the cross chains, and the curb. -- Branch herring. See Alewife. -- Root and branch , totally, wholly.

A gridiron. [Scot.]

A gridiron. [Scot.]

A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.

g salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. Aria di bravura ( Etym: [It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.

d resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.

ng the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.

Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. "A breezy day in May." Coleridge. 'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned. Wordsworth.

An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland.

An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. Sir J. Stephen.

A bridge. [Scot.] Burns.

A bridge. [Obs.] Chaucer.