Brandrith

An English provincialism, denoting the fence or staked enclosure around a well or spring. Brandt, ( brant.) a Hamburg chemist, who in 1669 accidentally discovered phosphorus, whilst making experiments with urine in search of gold. D. about 1695, Brandt, SEBASTIAN, a German poet, B. at Str as bourg, 1458, who wrote a number of works, the most celebrated of which is The Ship of Fools, a burlesque poem, in which he satirizes the writings of his age. It met with great succe , and found translators in several countries. D. 1521. Brandt, in Ohio , a post-office of Miami co. Brandt Lake, in New York , a sheet of water of Warren co., emptying in Schroon River. It is 5 m. in extent. Brandt Wood, in Indiana , a post-office of Starke co. Bran'dy, n. [Ger. brannt - we in , from brennen, to burn, to distil; Fr. bran dev in .] Literally, distilled wine; an ardent spirit distilled from wine and colored to the required extent with burnt sugar, ( caramel .) Its flavor is due chiefly to the presence of enanthic ether derived from the wine; when newly distilled, it is as clear and as colorle as water. The color of genuine pale B. is due to its having remained so long in the cask as to have absorbed a portion of brown coloring matter from the wood, and is, therefore, an indication of its age. Hence arose the custom of adding caramel, and sometimes the infusion of tea, to impart the astringency due to the tannin taken from the wood by old B. It is prepared from wine in most wine-growing countries; but France, and, most notably, the town of Cognac, and the Armagnac, have always been considered the great B. -producing localities. The Cognac B. is esteemed from the absence of a certain fiery flavor found in other B. , which is caused by a very small quantity of an acrid oil contained in the skin of the grape. Inferior B. is distilled from apples, pears, peaches, cherries, blackberries, . It is also pr duce a from a variety of other ardent spirits; rum, beet root spirit, and that of potatoes, are largely used in France for its manufacture, and similar proce es are also carried on in this country. Those inferior and noxious spirits are carefully rectified by repeated distillations over freshly burnt charcoal and quick-lime, to deprive them of their peculiar flavor, which would, if left behind, betray the imposition. Innumerable attempts are also made for producing, by fictitious means, a spirituous liquor bearing a close resemblance to the genuine French B. , but, as so far produced, they are not so perfect but that they may be easily detected. B. manufactured in California and some other States, owing to a more judicious treatment, has made a great stride during the last few years, and our importation is now almost entirely limited to the best brands of French B .; in fact, there are many connoi eurs who prefer the domestic product to most of the imported brands. Brandy City, in Cal . , a mining village of Sierra co. Bran'dy Station, in Va . , a p. o. of Culpepper co. Brandy-wine, n . Brandy. Brandy wine, in Del , a hundred of New Castle co. -in Ind . , a twp. of Hancock co. A vill. and twp. of Shelby co., 6 m. N.W. of Shelbyville. -in Maryland , a post-office of Prince George co. Brandy wine Creek, in Pennsylvania and Dela ware, is formed of two forks, the E. and W., which effect a junction in Chester co. of the first-named State, and, taking a S.E. course, empties into Christian a Creek at Wilmington. Here, Sept. 11th, 1777, was fought a severe battle between the British and German troops, 18,000 strong, under Howe, and the Americans numbering 13,000 men, under Washington, in which the latter were defeated. The consequence of this battle was the ocсиpying of Philadelphia by the British troops. Brandy wine Creek, in Indiana , after rising in Hancock co., runs S. W. into Blue River, near Shelbyville. Brandy wine Manor, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Chester co. Brandy wine Mills, in Ohio, a village of Summit co. Brandy wine Springs, in Delaware, 4 m. N.W. of Wilmington. Bran'dy wine Village, in Delaware, a suburb of Wilmington, (q. v.) Branford, in Connecticut , a post-town and seaport of New Haven co., 8 m. E. by S. of New Haven. The harbor has a sufficient depth of water for ve els of over 300 tons. Branford, in Illinois , a township of Lee co. Brangle, (brang'gl,) n. [Fr. branler ; O. Fr. bransler. See BRANDISH.] A shaking; agitation; confusion; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. "The payment of tithes is subject to many frauds, brangles, and other difficulties."- Swift . -v. i. To squabble; to wrangle; to dispute contentiously. (R.) "Company will be no longer pestered with... brangling disputers."-Swift.