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The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]

One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.

The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.

An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.

Hot-headed; furious. [R.] Shak.

Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish. "Brinish tears." Shak.

State or quality of being brinish.

Somewhat brown.

The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists. Milton.

A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers.

Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures. Blair.

The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.

An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.

One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev.

; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. Dryden. Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun. Cunningham. Burnishing machine, a machine for…

One who burnishes.

theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.