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Soc. Psych. Research, Oct., 1886, p. 178. brain-work (brān'wėrk), n. Intellectual labor; cerebration. brain-worm (brān'wėrm), n. 1. A worm infesting or supposed to infest the brain. Also called brain - maggot .-2. The vermis of the cerebellum. brainy (brā'ni), a. [ brain + -y1.] Having a good brain; intelligent; sharp-witted; quick of comprehension. braird (brard), n. [In sense brord , a point, blade of gra (see brad ); but the form depends rather upon ME. brerd , brerd , breord, ONorth. breard , edge, brink, = OHG. brort, edge, etc.; prob. connected with AS. brord , a point.] A grain-crop when it first makes its appearance above ground. [Scotch.] The braird of the Lord, that begins to rise so green in the land, will grow in peace to a plentiful harvest. Galt . braird (brard), v . i . [ brairo brairo (brā'rō), n. [A corruption of F. blaireau , badger.] A Canadian French name of the American badger, Taxidea american a . braisel, v . and n. See braizel . braise2, n. See braize2 . bra isé, bra isée (brā-zā'), a . [F.] Braized. braiser, n. See braizer . bra it (brat), n. [Origin unknown.] Among jewelers, a rough diamond. braizel, braisel (brāz), v . t.; pret. and pp. braized , ppr. braizing . [F. braiser , cook over live coals, braise = Pr. bras a = Sp. bras a = Pg . braza = It. bracia , brascia, bragia, etc., live coals, embers (cf. F. braser , solder; OF. and Fan-brabens Fes-braser, a-braser Pr. em - braser = Sp. a - brasar = Pg. a - brazar = It. ab - braciare , etc., set on fire); of Scand. origin: brase , fry, = Sw. bras a , flame, = Icel. bras a , harden by fire: see bra 1 and brazier2 .] To cook (meat) by stewing in a thick rich gravy with vegetables, etc., and then slowly baking. braize1, braisel (brāz), n. [ braizel , v.] In cookery , braized meat. braize (brāz), n. [Also braise ; perhaps akin to barse , ba 1 , and bream1 , q. v.] 1. An acanthopterygian fish of the genus Pagrus , P. vulgar is , of the family Sparidæ , found in British seas. Also called becker .-2. A local Scotch name of the roach. Also braze . braize3 (brāz), n . [A var. of breeze3 .] The dust of charcoal which accumulates around the furnace of charcoal-works; coal-dust. The dust or braize of the Philadelphia coal-yards is sold for use in fire-boxes [of locomotives] of suitable construction. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 501. braizer, braiser (brāzer), n . [ braize1 , braise1 , + -er1.] A covered pot, stew-pan, or kettle used in braizing. braizing-pan (brā'zing-pan), n. A small covered pan or air-tight oven in which meat is braized. 10. The fore part of a carriage, by which it brakebusht, n. is turned.-11. A basket-makers' tool for stripping the bark from willow wands.-12t. An old instrument of torture. Also called the Duke of Exeter's daughter . - Automatic brake, a brake which acts mechanically under certain circumstances, as on a railroad-train when one car becomes detached from the rest. - Block-brake, a brake used in retarding a moving part by the pre ure upon it of a stationary block. Compre ed-air brake. See air -brake. Continuous brake, a series of car-brakes, so arranged bramble [ME. brake bus he ; brakes + bush1 .] A fern-brake. brake-hanger (brak'hanger), n. A link or bar by which brake-beams and their attachments are suspended from a truck-frame or car-body. Car-Builder's Dict . - Parallel brake-hanger, a bar or link so attached to a brake-beam as to maintain the brake-head and brake-shoe in the same relative positions when the brakes are released, thus preventing the brake shoes from striking against the wheel. brake-head (brak'hed), n. A piece of wood or iron fastened to a brake-beam and bearing against the wheels, forming both a brake-block and a brake-shoe. that all can be controlled from some one point on the train. See air - brake . - Double-lever brake, a brake on a car-truck or four-wheeled car, having two levers so arranged that the pre ure on the two sets of shoes will be equal. Single-lever brake, a brake which has but a single lever, to which the force is applied. The fulcrum brake-hopper (brak hoper), n. [ braket + IMG:content-2421.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] of the lever is upon one brake-beam, and from its shorter arm a rod extends to the brake-beam of the other pair of wheels of the same truck. - To bleed the brakes. See bleed. brakes (brāk), v. t.; pret. and pp. braked , ppr. braking . [=MLG. LG. D. braken (> F. braquer ) = Sw. bråka = Dan. brage , brake; from the noun. Cf. break, v.] 1. To crack or break (the portions from the fiber. Now written break . brakel (brāk), n. [Var. spelling of break ; cf. brack1 and brake2 .] 1. A break; brack; flaw. The slighter brakes of our reformed Muse. 2. A mechanical device for arresting the motion of a vehicle: now usually cla ed with brake3. See brake3 , n . , 9. device for resin all i well.) brake2+ (brāk), v. [ braken (= D. braken ), vomit, a secondary form of breken , E. break = G. brechen, break, vomit: see break , and cf. parbrake.] I. in trans. To vomit. Brakyn or castyn, or spewe, vomo. Prompt . Parv ., p. 47. And as an hounde that et gras so gan ich to brake . Piers Plowman (C), vii. 430. II. trans. To vomit; cast up. The whal a warth fyndez