Part 1423

<hw>Broth"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brothered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

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

<hw>Broth"er ger"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a <i>uterine brother</i>, one by the mother only.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Brotherhood</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"er*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Brother</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being brothers or a brother.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; <as>as, the legal or medical <ex>brotherhood</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>brotherhood</b> of venerable trees. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.</syn>

<h1>Brother-in-law</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"er-in-law`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Brothers-in</plw><plw>-law</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.</def>

<h1>Brotherliness</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"er*li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being brotherly.</def>

<h1>Brotherly</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"er*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; <as>as, <ex>brotherly</ex> love</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender.</syn>

<h1>Brotherly</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broth"er*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Like a brother; affectionately; kindly.</def> "I speak but <i>brotherly</i> of him."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Brouded</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Broud"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <def>Braided; broidered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Alle his clothes <b>brouded</b> up and down. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brougham</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brough"am</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.</def>

<h1>Brow</h1> <Xpage=185>