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<p><b>5.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.</def>

<blockquote>The very scullion who cleans the <b>brasses</b>. <i>Hopkinson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.</def>

<note>&hand; The word <i>brass</i> as used in Sculpture language is a translation for <i>copper</i> or some kind of <i>bronze</i>.</note>

<note>&hand; <i>Brass</i> is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, <i>brass</i> button, <i>brass</i> kettle, <i>brass</i> founder, <i>brass</i> foundry or <i>brass</i>foundry.</note>

<cs><col>Brass band</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Brass foil</col>, <col>Brass leaf</col></mcol>, <cd>brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also <altname>Dutch gold</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brassage</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bras"sage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called <altname>seigniorage</altname>.</def>

<h1>Brassart</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bras"sart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>brassard</ets>, fr. <ets>bras</ets> arm. See <er>Brace</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.</def>

<h1>Brasse</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brasse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. a transposition of <ets>barse</ets>; but cf. LG. <ets>brasse</ets> the bream, G. <ets>brassen</ets> Cf. <er>Bream</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A spotted European fish of the genus <i>Lucioperca</i>, resembling a perch.</def>

<h1>Brassets</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bras"sets</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Brassart</er>.</def>

<h1>Brassica</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bras"si*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., cabbage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants embracing several species ad varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage <spn>(B. oleracea)</spn>, broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip <spn>(B. campestris)</spn>; the common turnip <spn>(B. rapa)</spn>; the rape of coleseed <spn>(B. napus)</spn>, etc.</def>

<h1>Brassicaceous</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bras`si*ca"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>brassica</ets> cabbage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.</def>

<h1>Brassiness</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brass"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state, conditions, or quality of being brassy.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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

<hw>Brass"-vis"aged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Impudent; bold.</def>

<h1>Brassy</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brass"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Impudent; impudently bold.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Brast</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Burst</er>.]</ety> <def>To burst.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>