Part 1345

<hw>Bram"ble net`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A net to catch birds.</def>

<h1>Brambling</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bram"bling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bramline</ets>. See <er>Bramble</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also <altname>bramble finch</altname> and <altname>bramble</altname>.</def>

<h1>Brambly</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bram"bly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles.</def> "In <i>brambly</i> wildernesses."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Brame</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Brame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Breme</er>.]</ety> <def>Sharp passion; vexation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Heart-burning <b>brame</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bramin, Braminic</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw><hw>Bra"min</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bra*min"ic</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, etc. See <er>Brahman</er>, <er>Brachmanic</er>, etc.</def>

<h1>Bran</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bren</ets>, <ets>bran</ets>, OF. <ets>bren</ets>, F. <ets>bran</ets>, from Celtic; cf. Armor. <ets>brenn</ets>, Ir. <ets>bran</ets>, bran, chaff.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European carrion crow.</def>

<h1>Brancard</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"card</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A litter on which a person may be carried.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Coigrave.</i>

<h1>Branch</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Branches</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>braunche</ets>, F. <ets>branche</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>branca</ets> claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor. <ets>brank</ets> branch, bough.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; <as>as, the <ex>branch</ex> of an antler; the <ex>branch</ex> of a chandelier; a <ex>branch</ex> of a river; a <ex>branch</ex> of a railway.</as></def>

<blockquote>Most of the <b>branches</b> , or streams, were dried up. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.</def> "<i>Branches</i> of knowledge."

<i>Prescott.</i>

<blockquote>It is a <b>branch</b> and parcel of mine oath. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; <as>as, the <ex>branches</ex> of an hyperbola</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; <as>as, the English <ex>branch</ex> of a family</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His father, a younger <b>branch</b> of the ancient stock. <i>Carew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.</def>