Part 1415

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.</def>

<h1>Bromal</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Brom</ets>ine + <ets>al</ets>dehyde.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oily, colorless fluid, CBr<?/.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.</def>

<h1>Bromate</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of bromic acid.</def>

<h1>Bromate</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To combine or impregnate with bromine; <as>as, <ex>bromated</ex> camphor</as>.</def>

<h1>Bromatologist</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro`ma*tol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in the science of foods.</def>

<h1>Bromatology</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro`ma*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, food + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of aliments.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Brome</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bromine</er>.</def>

<h1>Brome grass</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brome" grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>bromos</ets> a kind of oats, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus <fld>(Bromus)</fld> of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.</def>

<h1>Bromeliaceous</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro*me`li*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Named after Olaf <ets>Bromel</ets>, a Swedish botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera <spn>Tillandsia</spn> and <spn>Billbergia</spn> are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.</def>

<h1>Bromic</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; <as>as, <ex>bromic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Bromide</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of bromine with a positive radical.</def>

<h1>Brominate</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Bromate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Bromine</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bad smell, stink. Cf. <er>Brome</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.</def>

<h1>Bromism</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bro"mism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.</def>