Part 1399

<hw>Brim"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A brimful bowl; a bumper.</def>

<h1>Brimming</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brim"ming</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full to the brim; overflowing.</def>

<h1>Brimstone</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brim"stone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brimston</ets>, <ets>bremston</ets>, <ets>bernston</ets>, <ets>brenston</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>brennistein</ets>. See <er>Burn</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Stone</er>.]</ety> <def>Sulphur; See <er>Sulphur</er>.</def>

<h1>Brimstone</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brim"stone</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; <as>as, <ex>brimstone</ex> matches</as>.</def>

<blockquote>From his <b>brimstone</b> bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brimstony</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brim"sto`ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Brin</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called <i>panaches</i>.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Brinded</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin"ded</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>br\'94nd\'d3ttr</ets> brindled, fr. <ets>brandr</ets> brand; and OE. <ets>bernen</ets>, <ets>brinnen</ets>, to burn. See <er>Brand</er>, <er>Burn</er>.]</ety> <def>Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.</def> "Three <i>brinded</i> cows," <i>Dryden</i>. "The <i>brinded</i> cat." <i>Shak</i>.

<h1>Brindle</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Brindled</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being brindled.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A brindled color; also, that which is brindled.</def>

<h1>Brindle</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin"dle</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Brindled.</def>

<h1>Brindled</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brin"dled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[A dim. form of <ets>brinded</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.</def> "With a <i>brindled</i> lion played."

<i>Churchill.</i>

<h1>Brine</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bryne</ets> a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. <ets>brinnan</ets>, <ets>brynnan</ets>, to burn. See <er>Burn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Water saturated or strongly inpregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.</def>

<blockquote>Not long beneath the whelming <b>brine</b> . . . he lay. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>