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. . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. Goldsmith.

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace…

A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. J. Brende.

word; the slightest effort; a triffle. A breath can make them, as a breath has made. Goldsmith.

To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. Macaulay.

and the offender may be indicted. Bouvier. The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. Goldsmith.

r at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.

Transmitting light; clear; transparent. From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. Thomson.

d, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere world be past. Goldsmith.

The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith.

Embroidery. [Obs.] Of goldsmithrye, of browdying, and of steel. Chaucer.

ly to be perceived; as, to brush by. Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind. Goldsmith.

A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing.

Made of buff leather. Goldsmith.

To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak.

othes. The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith. Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale.

hence, a low, vulgar woman. [Cant] Her . . . daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns. Goldsmith.

hat ever burst Into that silent sea. Coleridge. To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith.

Except; besides; save. Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon E. Smith.

to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. Goldsmith.