Part 1385

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.</def>

<blockquote>Neither is he worthy who <b>bribes</b> a man to vote against his conscience. <i>F. W. Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.</def>

<h1>Bribe</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bribe</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To commit robbery or theft.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.</def>

<blockquote>An attempt to <b>bribe</b>, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. <i>Bouvier.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The bard may supplicate, but cannot <b>bribe</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bribeless</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bribe"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.</def>

<blockquote>From thence to heaven's <b>bribeless</b> hall. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bribeer</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bribe"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Lydgate.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which bribes; a bribe.</def>

<blockquote>His service . . . were a sufficient <b>briber</b> for his life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bribeery</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bribe"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Briberies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>brybery</ets> rascality, OF. <ets>briberie</ets>. See <er>Bribe</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Robbery; extortion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.</def>

<cs><col>Bribery oath</col>, <cd>an oath taken by a person that he has not been bribed as to voting. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Bric-a brac</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bric"-a brac`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.</def>

<cs><col>A piece of bric-a-brac</col>, <cd>any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brick</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brik</ets>, F. <ets>brique</ets>; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. <ets>brice</ets> a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. <ets>brique</ets> piece, <ets>brique de pain</ets>, equiv. to AS. <ets>hl\'befes brice</ets>, fr. the root of E. <ets>break</ets>. See <er>Break</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.</def>

<blockquote>The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of <b>bricks</b> baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. <i>Layard.</i></blockquote>