Brahma, n. (Hindoo Mythol.) The Creator, the Creative deity, the Formative Energy in God.

Brahman, Brahmin, n. [Written also Bramin.] Hindoo priest.

Braid, v. n. Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave together.

Brain-fever, n. Phrenitis, meningitis.

Brain-pan, n. Skull, cranium.

Brains, n. pl. Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties.

Brain-sick, a. Demented, alienated, fantastic, disordered, crotchety, crazed, crazy.

Brake, n.

    1. Fern (Pteris aquilina).
    2. Thicket, brushwood, jungle.

Brake up. Put down the brakes (to stop a railway train).

Bramah press. Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press.

Bramble, n. Brier-bush, brier, prickly shrub, bramble-bush.

Brambling, n. Mountain-finch, bramble-finch, (Fringilla montifringilla).

Branch, n

    1. Bough, limb, shoot.
    2. Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part.
    3. Section, department, subdivision, part, portion, article, member.
    4. Tributary, affluent, tributary stream.
    5. Derivative line, cognate line, member of a stock.

Branch, v. n. Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off.


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