Chapter Brassage to Brazilian of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Bravura
(||Bra*vu"ra) n. [It., (properly) bravery, spirit, from bravo. See Brave.] (Mus.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

Aria di bravura[It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.

Brawl
(Brawl) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brawled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. prulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. 95.]

1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.

Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife.
Golden Boke.

2. To complain loudly; to scold.

3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.

Where the brook brawls along the painful road.
Wordsworth.

Syn. — To wrangle; squabble; contend.

Brawl
(Brawl) n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.

His sports were hindered by the brawls.
Shak.

Syn. — Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.

Brawler
(Brawl"er) n. One that brawls; wrangler.

Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.

Brawling
(Brawl"ing), a.

1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

She is an irksome brawling scold.
Shak.

2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.

A brawling stream.
J. S. Shairp.

Brawlingly
(Brawl"ing*ly), adv. In a brawling manner.

Brawn
(Brawn) n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. brto flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br flesh, food of beasts, AS. brde roast meat, brdan to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed.]

1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]

Formed well of brawns and of bones.
Chaucer.