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A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

See Brassart.

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson.

gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

d is a flat bar of considerable length. -- Strap head (Mach.), a journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap. See Illust. of Gib and key, under Gib. -- Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall. -- Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail for…