Part 1422

<hw>Brot"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Brittle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Brotelness</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brot"el*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Brittleness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Broth</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bro<?/</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>brod</ets>, <ets>brot</ets>; cf. Ir. <ets>broth</ets>, Gael. <ets>brot</ets>. \'fb93. Cf. <er>Brewis</er>, <er>Brew</er>.]</ety> <def>Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.</def>

<blockquote>I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love <b>broth</b> better than soup. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brothel</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brothel</ets>, <ets>brodel</ets>, <ets>brethel</ets>, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. <ets>ber\'a2<?/an</ets> to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. <ets>bre\'a2tan</ets> to break, and E. <ets>brittle</ets>. The term <ets>brothel house</ets> was confused with <ets>bordel</ets> brothel. CF. <er>Bordel</er>.]</ety> <def>A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.</def>

<h1>Brotheler</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who frequents brothels.</def>

<h1>Brothelry</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"el*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Brother</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Brothers</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> or <plw>Brethren</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. See <er>Brethren</plw>.</er> <ety>[OE. <ets>brother</ets>, AS. <ets>br\'d3<?/or</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>brothar</ets>, D. <ets>broeder</ets>, OHG. <ets>pruodar</ets>, G. <ets>bruder</ets>, Icel. <ets>br\'d3<?/ir</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>broder</ets>, Goth. <ets>br\'d3<?/ar</ets>, Ir. <ets>brathair</ets>, W. <ets>brawd</ets>, pl. <ets>brodyr</ets>, Lith. <ets>brolis</ets>, Lett. <ets>brahlis</ets>, Russ. <ets>brat'</ets>, Pol. & Serv. <ets>brat</ets>, OSlav. <ets>brat<?/</ets>, L. <ets>frater</ets>, Skr. <ets>bhr\'bet<?/</ets>, Zend. <ets>bratar</ets> brother, Gr. <?/, <?/, a clansman. The common plural is <er>Brothers</er>; in the solemn style, <er>Brethren</er>, OE. pl. <ets>brether</ets>, <ets>bretheren</ets>, AS. dat. sing. <ets>br\'c7<?/er</ets>, nom. pl. <ets>br\'d3<?/or</ets>, <ets>br\'d3<?/ru</ets>. &root;258. Cf. <er>Frair</er>, <er>Fraternal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a <i>half brother</i>, or <i>brother of the half blood</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my <b>brother</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawers, professors of religion, etc.</def> "A <i>brother</i> of your order."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>We few, we happy few, we band of <b>brothers</b>, For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my <b>brother</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.</def>

<blockquote>He also that is slothful in his work is <b>brother</b> to him that is a great waster. <i>Prov. xviii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That April morn Of this the very <b>brother</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In Scripture, the term <i>brother</i> is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, <i>brother</i> or <i>brethren</i> is used for <i>fellow-man</i> or <i>fellow-men</i>.</note>

<blockquote>For of whom such massacre Make they but of their <b>brethren</b>, men of men? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Brother Jonathan</col>, <cd>a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as "Brother Jonathan."</cd> -- <col>Blood brother</col>. <cd>See under <er>Blood</er>.</cd></cs>

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