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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.

Bribery: Definition and part of speech

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Bribery

  1. n. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
  2. n. Robbery; extortion.

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.

Bric-a brac: Definition and part of speech

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Bric-a brac

  1. n. Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.

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.

Brick: Definition and part of speech

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Brick

  1. n. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you ‘re a brick.
  2. n. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
  3. n. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
  4. n. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).

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.

Brickkiln: Definition and part of speech

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Brickkiln

  1. n. A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.

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.