Helen Fenton

Bricole: Definition and part of speech

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Bricole

  1. n. A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brevipennate: Definition and part of speech

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Brevipennate

  1. a. Short-winged; — applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brevity: Definition and part of speech

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Brevity

  1. n. Contraction into few words; conciseness.
  2. n. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brewing: Definition and part of speech

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Brewing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Brew
  2. n. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
  3. n. The quantity brewed at once.
  4. n. A mixing together.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.