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One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

flashing brightness. [Poetic] Tennyson. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton.

One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.

he name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.

Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.

; gaudily; gayly; showily. And [she] decked herself bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her. Judith. x. 4.

A showy person; a fine gentleman; a beau. [Obs.] A man that is the bravery of his age. Beau. & Fl.

To quarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke.

One that brawls; wrangler. Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.

t of the body; sometimes, the arm. Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden. It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.

One that brays like an ass. Pope.

upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. 2 Sam. v. 20 A clear breach implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. -- A clean breach implies that everything on deck is swept away. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

To fall in business; to become bankrupt. He that puts all upon adventures doth oftentimes break, and come to poverty. Bacn.

An animal that breaks away from a herd.

One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be no breaker of the law. Shak.

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.

A fall that breaks the neck.

in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mammma; a teat. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. Cant. viii. 1.