bruik (bruk)

t. A Scotch form of brook. bruilzie (brül'zi), n. See brulyie. bruin (brö'in; D. pron. bro in), n. [The name given to the bear in the Dutch version of the celebrated tale or fable of Reynard the Fox, being merely the D. bruin = OHG. MHG. brūn, G. braun = E. brown, q. v.] A name given to the bear. [As a quasi-proper name, it is often written with a capital letter.] bruise (bröz), v.; pret. and pp. bruised, ppr. bruising. [The spelling bruise is due to OF. bruiser (see below); early mod. E. bruse, bruze, IMG:content-2653.png:[graphic] IMG:content-2654.png:[blocks in formation] Als the moste parte of thys said abbay By hym stroied, bruled and scorched tho: Ther not lefte ne bode o soule man that day. Thei sporered theire horse over the brigge at a brunt . Merlin , ii. 282. brule2t, v. An obsolete form of broill. Catholi- the strength or violence of any contention. con Anglicum . brûlée (bröʻlā), n. [F., prop. fem. pp. of brú- ler, burn.] In Canada, a piece of woodland from which the timber has been burned; a burned district. brulyement (brül'ye-ment), n. Same as broil- ment. [Scotch.] brulyie (brül'yi), n. [Sc., also written brulzie (here, as in a oilzie , etc., z represents the old z-shaped y; -ly- , like -lli- in billiards , represent- ing the former F. sound of -ll-), broil2 . Burns . brulzie (brül'yi), n. See brulyie . Brumaire (brö-mar'), n . [F. (after L. *bruma- rius), bruma , winter: see brume.) The second month in the calendar adopted by the first French republic, beginning October 22d and ending November 20th (1793). We call them men - our bruisers to excite, And urge with bribing gold, and feed them for the fight? 3. [Mod. F., pron. brwe.] In pathol . , the name given to sounds of various nature, in general abnormal, produced in the body, or evoked in it, by percu ion or succu ion: used to some extent in English. - Bruit de galop, a cardiac sound suggesting a gallop, the normal first sound being preceded by a faint pre systolic sound. - Bruit de scie, a rough car- diac murmur, suggesting the sound of a saw. Bruit du diable (devil's bruit), a continuous humming sound heard in the jugular veins at the base of the neck; venous hum. It is more frequent and more marked in young persons than in adults, and in anemic than in normal states. bruit (bröt), v. [ bruit , n.] I. trans. To an- nounce with noise; report; noise abroad. By this great clatter one of the greatest note Seems bruited . Thou art no le than fame hath bruited . Shak., Macbeth, v. 7. Shak, Hen. VI., ii. 3. come abroad such shallow reasonings with the name of a man so much bruited for learning. Milton , Church-Government, i. 5. malis , bruma , winter: see brume.] Belonging to winter; wintry; hibernal. Sir T. Herbert ; Sir T. Browne . And in the sky as yet no sunny ray, But brumal vapors gray. Long fellow. brume (bröm), n. [F., fog, mist, haze, bruma , the shortest day in the year, the win ter solstice, hence winter; prob. for * brevima , equiv. to brevis sima , superl. fem. of brevis , short: see brief . ] Mist; fog; vapors. [Rare.] And suddenly through the drifting brume The blare of the horns began to ring. Long fellow . brummagem (brum'a-jem), a. [Formerly also spelled bromidgham , etc., corruptions of Bir- mingham in England, where many plated arti- cles and cheap trinkets are made.] Showy but worthle ; fictitious; sham. [Slang or colloq.] brumous (brö'mus), a . [ brumous climate. brun (brun), v. A dialectal form of burn1 . brunet, n. Same as broigne . brunette (brö-net'), n. and a. [F., fem. dim. of brun , brown: see brown. Cf. burnet , burnet2 .] I. n. A woman with dark hair and eyes and brown or dark complexion. sult the olives and the brunettes . Manchester Guardian. II. a. Dark in color; having a brownish or olive tone: said of the complexion. bruniat, n. [ML.] Same as broigne . brunion (brun'yon), n. [F. brugnon , a nec- tarine, Brunner's glands. See gland . Brunonian (brö-no'ni-an), a. and n. [ Bruno ( n- ) ( brunus , brown), proper name cor- responding to E. Brown (see brown ), + -ian .] I. a . Pertaining or relating to any person bear- ing the name of Brown; Brown i an.-Bruno- nian motion or movement. Same as Brown i an move- ment (which see, under Brown i an ). - Brunonian theory, a theory of medicine founded by Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh (1735-88), according to which diseases are divided into two cla es, those resulting from a deficiency and those resulting from an exce of excitement the one cla to be treated with stimulants, the other with debili- tating medicines. Also called Brownism . versity in Providence, Rhode Island. II. n. A student or graduate of Brown Uni- brunstane (brun'stān), n. A Scotch form of brimstone. brunswick (brunz'wik), n. [Named from Brunswick (G. Braunschweig ) in Germany.] A close-fitting outdoor habit for ladies, intro- duced into England from Germany about 1750. The upper portion was made with the lapels open, and a collar like that of a man's coat. Brunswick green. See green . brunt1 (brunt), n. [ bront , shock, impetus, sudden impulse; appar., with form a- tive -t (cf. Dan. brynde , conflagration, heat; Goth. *brunsts, in ala - brunsts , a whole burnt- offering), connected with brune , AS. bryne, a burning (also brine : see brinel) (= Icel. bruni , a burning, > bruna , advance with the speed of fire, said of a standard in the heat of battle, of a ship under full sail, etc.), brinnan : see Keats , Endymion, i. burn1.] 1. A sudden shock or impetus; a But a dark rumour will be bruited up, From tribe to tribe, until it reach his ear. II, in trans. To give forth sound; sound. Bronze clarions awake and faintly bruit . brusco , F. brusc , > G. brüsch , butcher's broom, knee-holly; cf. It. brusca, "ling or heath to make brushes or broomes with" (Florio), now a horse-brush), also ruscus , var. of L. ruscum, rustum , butcher's broom; hence, as a particu- lar sense of the same word (from the use of small bushy plants, as heath, for the purpose), a brush, ME. bru he , brusche , broue e , broi e, bro e , F. bro e = Sp. broza , bruza , a brush; cf. ML. brustia , a kind of comb (resting partly perhaps on MHG. bürste , a brush, borst = AS. byrst , bristle: see bristle ); perhaps broz , a bud, shoot: see browsel. The forms and senses are involved; for the senses, cf. broom1.] 1. The small trees and shrubs of a wood; a thicket of small trees; scrub. Out of the thickest brush . Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 15. The country is almost wholly marshy, and covered with brush or low palms, with ponds here and there. Science, V. 216. 2. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood: a sense common in the United States.-3. A tract of country covered by thickets; hence, a thinly settled country; the backwoods. [South- western U. S.] -4. An instrument of various forms, according to its intended use, consist- ing of a quantity of some flexible material attached to a handle or stock. Brushes are used for applying paint and similar substances, cleaning, polishing, rubbing, smoothing, etc. Their commonest materials are bristles and certain kinds of hair. For some purposes these are secured in a bunch to a ferrule at the end of a handle, or bound or fastened to the handle itself; for others they are inserted in doubled tufts into holes bored in a stock, with or without a handle, the pro- jecting doubled ends being secured by wires or otherwise, and in ordinary forms covered by a back-piece glued on. Among the materials used for making brushes are bristles, hair of the badger, bear, and goat, hair from the tails of the red and black sable, camels' hair (so called, but commonly 10. A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock; a collision: as, to have a brush with the enemy. Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong, And tempt not yet the brushes of the war. Shak ., T. and C., v. 3. brush He might, methinks, have stood one brush with them, and have yielded when there had been no remedy. 700 brushing (brush'ing), p. a. Brisk; rapid: as, IMG:content-2655.png:[blocks in formation] 12. A painter; one who uses a brush: as, a brother brush . - Haidinger's brushes, optical figures, inderbed, thai (1795-1871), appearing like colored brushes, some- etc. See encounter. brush (brush), v. [ The robes to kepe well & also to brusche them clenly. Babees Book (ed. Furnivall), p. 180. Let their heads be sleekly combed, their blue coats brushed. Shak . , T. of the S., iv. 1. Dark wiry hair brushed on one side. Bulwer , Pelham, xl. 2. To remove by brushing or by lightly pa ing over: as, to brush off dust. Though from off the boughs each morn We brush mellifluous dews. Milton , P. L., v. 429. I think the very best thing is to brush all the old Dons off the stage. Disraeli , Coningsby, v. 2. 3. To sweep or touch as with a brush; strike lightly by pa ing over the surface; pa lightly over: as, to brush the arm in pa ing. Brush'd with the hi of rustling wings. Milton, P. L., i. 768. A you sand nights have brush'd their balmy wings Over these eyes. 4. Figuratively, to ruffle; excite. " Dryden . Poor Silas's lo served to brush the slow current of Raveloe conversation. George Eliot , Silas Marner, x. 5. To furnish with brushes or branches of dead trees to climb on: as, to brush peas. - To brush up, to furbish; polish; renovate; hence, to improve in any way; make brighter or clearer, as the memory or past knowledge. IMG:content-2656.png:[blocks in formation]