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by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., according to the name of the liquid (beef broth, hot water, etc.) used. [Scot.]

A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner.

A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.

Brainless. [R.]

A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.

Having thick lips.

Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.

Shady; umbrageous. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose. Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

beginning of the sixth century, and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century. -- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild. B. Jonson.…

To bruise sorely or exceedingly. [Obs.] All forbrosed, both back and side. Chaucer.

cient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words "Te Deum laudamus." It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, "We praise th…

The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.