Part 842

Bruis"er (&?;), n. 1. One who, or that which, bruises.

2. A boxer; a pugilist. R. Browning.

Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand, Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. T. Warton.

3. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes. Knight.

Bruise"wort` (&?;), n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.

Bruit (&?;), n. [OE. bruit, brut, noise, bruit, F. bruit, fr. LL. brugitus; cf. L. rugire to roar; perh. influenced by the source of E. bray to make a harsh noise, Armor. brud bruit.] 1. Report; rumor; fame.

The bruit thereof will bring you many friends. Shak.

2. [French pron. &?;.] (Med.) An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.

Bruit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruiting.] To report; to noise abroad.

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

||Bru`maire" (&?;), n. [F., fr. L. bruma winter.] The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.

Bru"mal (&?;), a. [L. brumalis, fr. bruma winter: cf. F. brumal.] Of or pertaining to winter. "The brumal solstice." Sir T. Browne.

Brume (&?;), n. [F. brume winter season, mist, L. bruma winter.] Mist; fog; vapors. "The drifting brume." Longfellow.

Brum"ma*gem (&?;), a. [Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., "the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry," etc.] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.

Bru"mous (&?;), a. Foggy; misty.

Brun (&?;), n. [See Broun a brook.] Same as Brun, a brook. [Scot.]

Bru*nette" (&?;), n. [F. brunet, brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG. br&?;n. See Brown, a.] A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. -- a. Having a dark tint.

Brun"ion (&?;), n. [F. brugnon (cf. It. brugna, prugna), fr. L. prunum. See Prune, n.] A nectarine.

Bru*no"ni*an (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.

Bruns"wick black` (&?;). See Japan black.

Bruns"wick green` (&?;). [G. Braunschweiger grün, first made at Brunswick, in Germany.] An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.

Brunt (brnt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.] 1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.

2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of cannon ball." Hudibras.

It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. I. Taylor.

Brush (&?;), n. [OE. brusche, OF. broche, broce, brosse, brushwood, F. brosse brush, LL. brustia, bruscia, fr. OHG. brusta, brust, bristle, G. borste bristle, bürste brush. See Bristle, n., and cf. Browse.] 1. An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

2. The bushy tail of a fox.

3. (Zoöl.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.

4. Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.