Bristol brick

A kind of brick employed in cleaning steel; - so called from the seat of its original manufacture, Bristol, in England. Bristol Channel, an inlet of St. George's Channel, bet. Wales and Engiand, its upper extremity forms the estuary of the Severn. A tunnel under this Channel was completed in 1885, its total length beneath the sea is 7,764 yards, and is 100 ft. below the bed of the Channel. The dimensions are 26 ft. wide by 26 ft. 6 in. high, the brick work is 3 ft. thick and the total cost was $10,000 000. It is used by the Great Western Railway System. Bristol-diamond, BRISTOL-STONE, n. ( Min . ) A small and brilliant crystal of colorle quartz. found in the mountain limestone in the vicinity of Bristol, England. It is occasionally used, in a cut and polished state, for ornamental purposes. Bristow Station, in Kentucky , a p. o. of Warren co. Brisure, ( bre - zoor .) [Fr., from briser , to break.] ( Fort .) Any part of a parapet or rampart which is constructed in a direction different to that part of the fortification of which it forms a continuous portion. In field-works, the term brisure is applied to the faces of a star fort, or those of any line of defensive works consisting of a ries of re-entering and salient angles. Brit, n. (Zool.) See CLUPEA. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Britain, (Great.) See GREAT BRITAIN. Britain, (New.) See NEW BRITAIN. Britannia. See GREAT BRITAIN.