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BRIDECHAMBER n.
The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15.
BRIDEGROOM n.
A man newly married, or just about to be married.
BRIDEKNOT n.
A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [Obs.]
BRIDEMAID; BRIDEMAN n.
See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.
BRIDESMAID n.
A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
BRIDESMAN n.
A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." Sir W. Scott.
BRIDESTAKE n.
A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson.
BRIDEWELL n.
confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
BROADSIDE n. 4 definitions
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
BROIDER v.
To embroider. [Archaic] They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4.
BROIDERER n.
One who embroiders. [Archaic]
BROIDERY n.
Embroidery. [Archaic] The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.
BROMIDE n.
A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
BROMIDE PAPER; BROMID PAPER n.
A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
BROOKSIDE n.
The bank of a brook.
CANAPE CONFIDENT n.
A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
CANTHARIDES n.
See cantharis.
CARBAMIDE n.
The technical name for urea.
CARBIDE n.
A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
CARBIMIDE n.
The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.
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