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fspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.

The tenor viola, or viola.

A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.

See Brattice, n.

h. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle.

A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.

To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.

The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.

One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle.

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

To celebrate together. [Obs.] Holland.

Cribriform.

The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

To strip off the bark; to peel. [Obs.] Ash.