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t express his malice and blanch his danger. Bacon. I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. Reliq. Wot.

f blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.

boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.

s exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: .. not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9.

Moral or political duty or obligation. I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. Shak.

a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron. What boots to us your victories Southey.

The act of borrowing. [Obs.] Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week. Shak.

t, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak.

Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. I am much bounden to your majesty. Shak.

ll and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

wine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Braid your locks with rosy twine. Milton.

n made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9.

being brave; fearless; intrepidity. Remember, sir, my liege, . . . The natural bravery of your isle. Shak.

rce of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. Dryden.

ndantly in the earth. Gen. viii. 17. The mother had never bred before. Carpenter. Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast. Shak.

Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.] Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. Shak. Close breeding, In and in breeding, breeding from a male and female from the same parentage. -- Cross breeding, breeding from a male and female of different lineage. -- Good breeding, politeness; genteel deportment.…

Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.

cious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak.

To think anxiously or moodily upon. You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne. Dryden.

s other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison.