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

A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.

Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. These I can brave, but those I can not bear. Dryden.

rn United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.

nd; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland.

ublic; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation. Those very opinions themselves had broached. Swift.

A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.

on; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay. Broken ground. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. -- Broken line (Geom.), the straight line…

broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. Story.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides. [Slang]

The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.

Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton. Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. -- Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the o…

olence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity. Those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay. Burke. Fortune's buffets and rewards. Shak.

Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.] And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. Sylvester.

A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.

To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. Burke.

he ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. Burrill. -- Bead and butt. See under Bead. -- Butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. -- Butt weld (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding t…

With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.