Part 1374

<cs><col>Bone breccia</col>, <cd>a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary.</cd> -- <col>Coin breccia</col>, <cd>a breccia containing coins.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brecciated</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Brec"ci*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>brecciated</b> appearance of many specimens [of meteorites]. <i>H. A. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bred</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Bred</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Breed</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Bred out</col>, <cd>degenerated.</cd> "The strain of man's <i>bred out<i> into baboon and monkey." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>Bred to arms</col>. <cd>See under <er>Arms</er>.</cd> -- <col>Well bred</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Of a good family; having a good pedigree.</cd> "A gentleman <i>well bred<i> and of good name." <i>Shak</i>. <mark>[Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brede, &or; Breede</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw><hw>Brede</hw>, &or; <hw>Breede</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Breadth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Brede</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Brede</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Braid</er> woven cord.]</ety> <def>A braid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden <b>brede</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Breech</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breech</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Breeches</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Breeches.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the <i>throat</i>.</def>

<h1>Breech</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breech</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Breeched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Breeching</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put into, or clothe with, breeches.</def>

<blockquote>A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was <b>breeched</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover as with breeches.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Their daggers unmannerly <b>breeched</b> with gore. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fit or furnish with a breech; <as>as, to <ex>breech</ex> a gun</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To whip on the breech.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have <b>breeched</b> me. <i>Old Play.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To fasten with breeching.</def>