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ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest.

e compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

y which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.

name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Æsculus) as the horse chestnut. The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is Æsculus glabra. -- Red buckeye is Æ. Pavia. -- Small buckeye is Æ. paviflora. -- Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Æ. flava.

ff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering. -- Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] Nares…

the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.

metricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.

the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs. Amongst rude burs and thistles. Milton. Bur and brake and brier. Tennyson.

A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] Bureau system. See Bureaucracy. -- Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1…

an figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

n three-four time, resembing the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.] The orchestra plays the cachucha. Logfellow.

A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

ncy to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

A chest to hold ammunition.

To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor. Fame in time to come canonize us. Shak.

The sulter's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. Canto fermo ( Etym: [It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.

To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl.