Part 1352

<h1>Brasen</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bra"sen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Brazen</er>.</def>

<h1>Brash</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>bras</ets> or G. <ets>barsch</ets> harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. <ets>barsch</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>barsk</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hasty in temper; impetuous.</def>

<i>Grose.</i>

<h1>Brash</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brash</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Amer. <ets>bresk</ets>, <ets>brusk</ets>, fragile, brittle.]</ety> <def>Brittle, as wood or vegetables.</def> <mark>[Colloq., U. S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Brash</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brash</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Brash</er> brittle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Broken fragments of ice.</def>

<i>Kane.</i>

<cs><col>Water brash</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis.</cd> -- <col>Weaning brash</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brasier, Brazier</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw><hw>Bra"sier</hw>, <hw>Bra"zier</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brasiere</ets>, F. <ets>braise</ets> live coals. See <er>Brass</er>.]</ety> <def>An artificer who works in brass.</def>

<i>Franklin.</i>

<h1>Brasier, Brazier</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw><hw>Bra"sier</hw>, <hw>Bra"zier</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>brasier</ets>, <ets>brais\'a1er</ets>, fr. <ets>braise</ets> live coals. See <er>Brass</er>.]</ety> <def>A pan for holding burning coals.</def>

<h1>Brass</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Brasses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>bras</ets>, <ets>bres</ets>, AS. <ets>br</ets>\'91<ets>s</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>bras</ets> cement, solder, <ets>brasa</ets> to harden by fire, and to E. <ets>braze</ets>, <ets>brazen</ets>. Cf. 1st & 2d <er>Braze</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a <i>white metal lining</i>. See <er>Axle box</er>, <er>Journal Box</er>, and <er>Bearing</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor <b>brass</b> in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. <i>Matt. x. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Impudence; a brazen face.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>