brocatel, brocatelle (brokatel)

brocatelle = Sp. brocatel, versed by numerous interlacing veins of darker material, most of which are of a deep-violet color. 2. An inferior material used for curtains, furniture-covering, and the like, made of silk and wool, silk and cotton, or pure wool, but having a more or le silky surface. The Vice-Chancellor's chaire and deske, Proctors, . cover'd with brocatall (a kind of brocade) and cloth of gold. Evelyn , Diary, July 9, 1669. Also written brocatello . broccoli (brok'ō-li), n. [It., pl. of broccolo, a sprout, cabbage-sprout, dim. of brocco , a spit, skewer, shoot: see broach .] One of the many varieties of the common cabbage ( Bra ica ole race a ), in which the young inflorescence is con Broccoli ( Bra ica oleracea, var.). tracted into a depre ed fleshy edible head. It is closely similar to the cauliflower. broch (broch), n. Same as brough2. brochan (broch'an), n. [Gael. Ir. brochan, porridge, gruel.] Oatmeal boiled in water; thick porridge. [Scotland and Ireland.] brochant (bro's hant), a. [F., ppr. of brocher, stitch, etc.: see brocade.] In her., lying over and covering: said of any bearing which partly covers another. Also brouchant. brochan tite (brō-shan'tīt), n. [After Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist (1773-1840).] An emerald-green mineral consisting of hydrous sulphate of copper. The crystals are in thin rectangular and transparent tables. Broch at a (brō-kā'tä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of broch at us, projecting (of teeth), having projecting teeth (of animals): see brochate.] In Blyth's cla ification of mammals, a tribe or suborder of his Diplodontia, corresponding to the Pachy dermata, herbivorous Cetacea, and Rodent i a of Cuvier: so called from usually having persistently growing teeth, as the tusks of the elephant or the incisors of a rodent, or projecting tushes, as those of the swine and hippopotamus. Blyth divided his Broch at a into Proboscidea, Rodent i a, Chœrodia (swine), and Syrenia ( Sirenia ), three of which (all excepting Cherodia ) are now recognized orders of Mammal i a; but the name is not in use. brochate (brōʼkāt), a. [ brocket ing teeth (of animals): see broach.] Having tusks, tushes, or perennial teeth; specifically, of or pertaining to the Broch at a.