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In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]

monkey (Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. -- Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott. -- To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee. -- Black bonnet. See under Black. -- Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.…

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

ranches, flowers, or twigs. The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought. Spenser.

Coin 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.

a fine show or display. [Archaic] Wear my dagger with the braver grace. Shak. For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. Robert Greene. Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. Emerson.

y. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke.

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

A braid. [R.] Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson.

ly 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.

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

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

An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus.

Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched. A gala suit of faded brocade. W. Irving.

Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc. Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay.

Embroidery. [Archaic] The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.

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

powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface. -- Phosphor bronze and Silicious or Silicium bronze are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.

- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes. Brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden. Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. Hawthorne. When with downcast eyes we muse and brood. Tennyson.

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