Part 1403

<hw>Bris"tol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A seaport city in the west of England.</def>

<cs><col>Bristol board</col>, <cd>a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface.</cd> -- <col>Bristol brick</col>, <cd>a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at <ets>Bristol<ets>.</cd> -- <col>Bristol stone</col>, <cd>rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near <ets>Bristol<ets>, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called <stype>Bristol diamond</stype>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brisure</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bri*sure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A mark of cadency or difference.</def>

<h1>Brit, Britt</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw><hw>Brit</hw>, <hw>Britt</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.</def>

<h1>Britannia</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bri*tan"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>Britannia</ets> Great Britain.]</ety> <def>A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and isused for table ware. Called also <altname>Britannia metal</altname>.</def>

<h1>Britannic</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bri*tan"nic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Britannicus</ets>, fr. <ets>Britannia</ets> Great Britain.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; <as>as, her <ex>Britannic</ex> Majesty</as>.</def>

<h1>Brite, Bright</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw><hw>Brite</hw>, <hw>Bright</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Briticism</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brit"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.</def>

<h1>British</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brit"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>Brittisc</ets>, <ets>Bryttisc</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants.</def>

<cs><col>British gum</col>, <cd>a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600\'f8 Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods.</cd> -- <col>British lion</col>, <cd>the national emblem of Great Britain.</cd> -- <col>British seas</col>, <cd>the four seas which surround Great Britain.</cd></cs>

<h1>British</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brit"ish</hw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>People of Great Britain.</def>

<h1>Britisher</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brit"ish*er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service.</def> <mark>[Now used jocosely]</mark>

<h1>Briton</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brit"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bryten</ets> Britain.]</ety> <def>British.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Spenser</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native of Great Britain.</def></def2>

<h1>Brittle</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Brit"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>britel</ets>, <ets>brutel</ets>, AS. <ets>bryttian</ets> to dispense, fr. <ets>bre\'a2tan</ets> to break; akin to Icel. <ets>brytja</ets>, Sw. <ets>bryta</ets>, Dan. <ets>bryde</ets>. Cf. <er>Brickle</er>.]</ety> <def>Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious<-- contrast to flexible; usually hard -->.</def>

<blockquote>Farewell, thou pretty, <b>brittle</b> piece Of fine-cut crystal. <i>Cotton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Brittle silver ore</col>, <cd>the mineral stephanite.</cd></cs>