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

Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n.

Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.

A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes. Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee 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.…

A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.

Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell.

A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.

(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.

divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.

reastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. -- Breast pang. See Angina pectoris, under Angina. -- To make a clean breast, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.

he stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as 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.

nner's breath. Shak. Out of breath, breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty. -- Under one's breath, in low tones.

rated. "The strain of man's bred out into baboon 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; cultivat…

Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.

e, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.

One whose pccupation is to build with bricks. Bricklayer's itch. See under Itch.

all. 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 the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. -- Bri…

A mooring hawser. Bowline bridle. See under Bowline. -- Branches of a bridle. See under Branch. -- Bridle cable (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above. -- Bridle hand, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand. -- Bridle path, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses and pack hor…

Rife; common; prevalent. [Prov. Eng.] In brief. See under Brief, n.

ops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.