brigander

Same as brigandine1. brigandinel (brig'an-din), and a. Also brigantine, bri gander, brigandier (obs.) (ME. brig an tayle-Gower); brieve (brev), n. [A Sc. form of brief , n., q. v.] In Scots law , a writ i uing from Chancery, di- rected to any judge ordinary, ordering trial to be made by a jury of certain points stated in the brieve. Now used chiefly in the election of tutors to minors, the cognoscing of lunatics or idiots, and the ascertaining of widows' tierce. brig1 (brig), n. [= bridge1 , q. v.] 1. A bridge. brigandine (ML. bri- [Scotch.] gandina, brig ant in a ), Brigandine from Musée d'Artil lerie, Paris. (From Viollet-le-Duc's Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane o' the brig . Burns , Tam o' Shanter. I. n. 1. A medieval "Dict, du Mobilier français.") IMG:content-2537.png:[blocks in formation] 2t. A foot-soldier wearing a brigandine; a brigand. II. a. Made like a brigandine; of the nature of a brigandine: as, a brigandine garment. brigandine2+ (brig'an-din), n. An old form of brigantine1 .