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The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle. If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.

The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

ive faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper.

ling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct. Alas! his brain was dizzy. Drayton.

a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. Tennyson.

earth." Shak. As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain. Longfellow.

ibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.

The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.

The brain. [Obs.]

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.

Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.

Hernia of the brain.

Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

The act or art of dissecting the brain.

Situated on or over the brain.