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with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.

Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys.

Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." W. Irving.

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.…

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat. The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open- breasted, on these occasions. Spectator.

and monkey." Shak. -- Bred to arms. See under Arms. -- Well bred. (a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. "A gentleman well bred and of good name." Shak. [Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.] (b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.

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

Having short legs. -- n.

Short-billed; having a short beak.

Having no bridge; not bridged.

Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.

Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. The sun was bright o'erhead. Longfellow. The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. Drake. The public places were as bright as at noonday. Macaulay.

Having glittering armor. [Poetic] Milton.

A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.

Having no brim; as, brimless caps.

Having a brim; -- usually in composition. "Broad-brimmed hat." Spectator.

Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded. "With a brindled lion played." Churchill.

An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.