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reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. The sun was bright o'erhead. Longfellow. The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. Drake. The public places were as bright as at noonday. Macaulay.

inguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.

Having glittering armor. [Poetic] Milton.

To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.

Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. A sudden brightness in his face appear. Crabbe.

Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [R.] Marlowe.

To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.]

To brighten. [Obs.]

A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

. . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi. 13.

ed by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.

in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.]

Of or pertaining to Armenia. Armenian bole, a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc. -- Armenian stone. (a) The commercial name of lapis lazuli. (b) Emery.

se a resemblance between. Sir M. Hale. To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. John Bright. Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. Cowper.

A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.

The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets. --As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al (#), a.