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B — Book to Branch (Part 10 of 11)

Boy-servant, n. Page, serving-boy.

Brace, v. a.

    1. Tighten, draw tight, make tense, strain up.
    2. Strengthen, fortify, support, prop, give strength to.

Brace, n.

    1. Couple, pair.
    2. Prop, support, stay, shore, strut.
    3. Bit-stock.

Braces, n. pl.

    1. Suspenders, gallowses.
    2. Straps (on which a carriage rests).

Brachygraphy, n. Stenography, tachygraphy, tacheography, shorthand.

Bracing, a. Strengthening, invigorating, stimulating.

Brackets, n. pl. (Printing.) Crotchets.

Brackish, a. Saltish, somewhat salt.

Brag, v. n. Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish, exalt one’s self, magnify one’s self, talk big.

Brag, n. Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing, blattering, braggadocio, great cry and little wool.

Braggadocio, n.

    1. Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, bouncer, vaporer, blatterer, gascon, vain-glorious fellow.
    2. Brag. See boast, n.

Braggart, n. See boaster.

Braggart, a. See boastful.

Brahm, n. (Hindoo Mythol.) The Eternal, the Self-existent, the Supreme Original, the Immaterial Substance, God.