Part 1361

<h1>Brazil nut</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bra*zil" nut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the <spn>Bertholletia excelsa</spn>; the cream nut.</def>

<note>&hand; From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.</note>

<h1>Brazil wood</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Bra*zil" wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[OE. <ets>brasil</ets>, LL. <ets>brasile</ets> (cf. Pg. & Sp. <ets>brasil</ets>, Pr. <ets>bresil</ets>, Pr. <ets>bresil</ets>); perh. from Sp. or Pg. <ets>brasa</ets> a live coal (cf. <er>Braze</er>, <er>Brasier</er>); or Ar. <ets>vars</ets> plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The wood of the oriental <spn>C\'91salpinia Sapan</spn>; -- so called before the discovery of America.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of <spn>C\'91salpinia echinata</spn>, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of <spn>C. Braziliensis</spn> and <spn>C. crista</spn>. This is often distinguished as <i>Braziletto</i> , but the better kind is also frequently so named.</def>

<h1>Breach</h1> <Xpage=177>

<hw>Breach</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>breke</ets>, <ets>breche</ets>, AS. <ets>brice</ets>, <ets>gebrice</ets>, <ets>gebrece</ets> (in comp.), fr. <ets>brecan</ets> to break; akin to Dan. <ets>br\'91k</ets>, MHG. <ets>breche</ets>, gap, breach. See <er>Break</er>, and cf. <er>Brake</er> (the instrument), <er>Brack</er> a break]</ety> . <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; <as>as, a <ex>breach</ex> of contract; a <ex>breach</ex> of promise</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.</def>

<blockquote>Once more unto the <b>breach</b>, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the <b>breach</b> of waters. <i>2 Sam. v. 20<?/</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>A clear breach</col> <cd>implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking.</cd> -- <col>A clean breach</col> <cd>implies that everything on deck is swept away.</cd></cs>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.</def>

<blockquote>There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind <b>breach</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A bruise; a wound.</def>

<blockquote><b>Breach</b> for <b>breach</b>, eye for eye. <i>Lev. xxiv. 20<?/</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A hernia; a rupture.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A breaking out upon; an assault.</def>

<blockquote> The Lord had made a <b>breach</b> upon Uzza. <i>1. Chron. xiii. 11<?/</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Breach of falth</col>, <cd>a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust.</cd> -- <col>Breach of peace</col>, <cd>disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace.</cd> -- <col>Breach of privilege</col>, <cd>an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee.</cd></cs>

<i>Mozley. Abbott.</i>

<cs>- <col>Breach of promise</col>, <cd>violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry.</cd> -- <col>Breach of trust</col>, <cd>violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding.</syn>

<h1>Breach</h1> <Xpage=177>