Part 9

~Brackets~, _n. pl._ (_Printing._) Crotchets.

~Brackish~, _a._ Saltish, somewhat salt.

~Brag~, _v. n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.

~Brag~, _n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing, BLATHERSKITE, great cry and little wool.

~Braggadocio~, _n._ Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, BLATHERSKITE, gascon, vain-glorious fellow.

~Braggart~, _n._ Boaster, BRAGGADOCIO.

~Braggart~, _a._ BOASTFUL, boasting.

~Brag of~, Boast, vaunt, magnify, exalt, make much of.

~Brahma~, _n._ (_Hindoo Mythol._) The Creator, God.

~Brahmin~, _n._ [Written also _Bramin_.] Hindoo Priest.

~Braid~, _v. n._ Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave together.

~Brain-fever~, _n._ Phrenitis.

~Brain-pan~, _n._ Skull, cranium.

~Brains~, _n. pl._ Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect, capacity, intellectual faculties.

~Brake~, _n._ ~1.~ Fern.

~2.~ Thicket, brushwood, jungle.

~Brake up~, Put down the brakes (_to stop a railway train_).

~Bramah press~, Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press.

~Branch~, _n._ ~1.~ Bough, limb, shoot.

~2.~ Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part.

~3.~ Section, subdivision, part, portion, article, member.

~Branch~, _v. n._ Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off, branch off.

~Branch off~, Ramify, BRANCH.

~Branch out~, Expatiate, be diffuse, speak diffusely.

~Branchiæ~, _n. pl._ [L.] Gills.

~Branching~, _n._ Ramification, arborescence.

~Branching~, _a._ Arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendritic.

~Brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Fire-brand.

~2.~ Mark (_of a hot iron_).

~3.~ Kind, quality.

~4.~ Stigma, stain, reproach.

~5.~ [_Poetical._] Sword.

~Brand~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark (_with a hot iron_).

~2.~ Stigmatize, denounce.

~Brand-goose~, n. Brant, brent (_Anser bernicla_).

~Brandish~, _v. a._ Flourish, wave.

~Brand-new~, _a._ Quite new, fire-new, spick and span new, span new.

~Brant~, _n._ Brent, BRAND-GOOSE.

~Brash~, _a._ ~1.~ Hasty, rash, impetuous.

~2.~ [_Local_, _U. S._] Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

~Brass~, _n._ ~1.~ Alloy of copper and zinc.

~2.~ Assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK.

~Brassy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Bold, pert, assuming, forward, CHEEKY, brazen, brazen-faced.

~Brat~, _n._ [_Term of contempt._] Child, urchin, bantling, infant, BAIRN.

~Bravado~, _n._ Boast, boasting, brag, bluster, BLATHERSKITE.

~Brave~, _a._ Fearless (_from temperament_), COURAGEOUS, intrepid, daring, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, bold, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, valorous, doughty, heroic, Spartan, lion-hearted.

~Brave~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Bully, hector, blusterer.

~2.~ Indian warrior.

~Brave~, _v. a._ Defy, dare, challenge, set at defiance.

~Bravery~, _n._ Fearlessness (_from temperament_), COURAGE, intrepidity, audacity, valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, spirit, mettle, pluck, manhood, heroism, SPUNK.

~Bravo~, _n._ Bandit, assassin, assassinator, murderer, cut-throat, daring villain.

~Bravo~, _interj._ Well done.

~Brawl~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quarrel (_noisily_), dispute (_angrily_).

~2.~ Roar, resound.

~Brawl~, _n._ Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation, fracas, squabble, fray, AFFRAY, feud, tumult, disturbance, row, BOBBERY, MÊLÉE. RUMPUS, outbreak.

~Brawny~, _a._ Muscular, sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, athletic, powerful, strong, vigorous, lusty, robust, nervous, strapping, Herculean, able- bodied.

~Bray~, _v. a._ Pound (_into small pieces or powder_), bruise, crush, grind, comminute, triturate.

~Bray~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Utter a harsh cry (_like the ass_).

~2.~ Make a harsh sound.

~Braying~, _a._ Blatant, bellowing, clamorous, vociferous, noisy, obstreperous.

~Braze~, _v. a._ Solder with brass.

~Brazen~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of brass.

~2.~ Bold, BRAZEN-FACED.

~Brazen-faced~, _a._ Bold, impudent, assuming, forward, pert, saucy, brazen, BRASSY, CHEEKY.

~Brazier~, _n._ ~1.~ Worker or artificer in brass.

~2.~ Pan for coals.

~Brazil-root~, _n._ Ipecacuanha, ipecac.

~Brazil tea~, Maté.

~Breach~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap, crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift.

~2.~ Infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance.

~3.~ Quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out.

~Bread~, _n._ Food (_especially food made of grain_), sustenance, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, victuals, viands, provisions.

~Breadth~, _n._ Width.

~Break~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear asunder.

~2.~ Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces.

~3.~ Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair.

~4.~ Tame, make tractable, make docile.

~5.~ Make bankrupt.

~6.~ Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier.

~7.~ Violate, infringe, transgress, set at nought.

~8.~ Lessen the force of (_as a fall_).

~9.~ Interrupt, cease, intermit, cut short.

~10.~ Disclose, open, unfold, lay open.

~Break~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces.

~2.~ Burst, explode.

~3.~ Open, dawn, appear.

~4.~ Become bankrupt.

~5.~ Decline, low health or strength.

~Break~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm, rupture, fracture.

~2.~ Interruption, pause, CÆSURA.

~3.~ Dawn, dawning.

~Break away~, ~1.~ Escape (_against resistance_), break loose.

~2.~ Be scattered, be dissipated.

~Break-bone fever~, Dengue, dandy-fever.

~Break bulk~, Begin to unload.

~Break down~, (_Active._) Crush, overwhelm, overcome.

~Break down~, (_Neuter._) Fall, give out.

~Breaker~, _n._ Wave, surge, billow.

~Break faith~, Be faithless, be perfidious, falsify one's word.

~Break forth~, Issue, burst out, break out.

~Break ground~, Begin, commence operations.

~Break jail~, Escape from jail.

~Break in~, ~1.~ Make an irruption.

~2.~ Intrude one's self, take up the discourse, begin to speak.

~Breaking~, _n._ Rupture, fracture.

~Break of day~, Dawn, dawning, daybreak, morning, cockcrowing, MORN, dayspring, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.

~Break off~, ~1.~ Be ruptured.

~2.~ Desist, cease, stop, leave off.

~Break out~, Issue, break forth, burst out.

~Break the ice~, Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way.

~Breakwater~, _n._ Jetty, pier, mole.

~Break with~, Fall out, part friendship with.

~Breast~, _n._ ~1.~ Bosom.

~2.~ Heart, conscience, seat of the affections.

~3.~ Mamma, teat, dug, udder.

~Breast~, _v. a._ Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the breast against.

~Breast bone~, _n._ Sternum.

~Breastwork~, _n._ (_Fort._) Parapet.

~Breath~, _n._ ~1.~ Air inspired and expired.

~2.~ Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark.

~3.~ Respite, pause, rest.

~Breathe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Respire.

~2.~ Live, exist.

~3.~ Pause, rest, take breath, have a respite.

~Breathe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inspire and expire.

~2.~ Exhale, emit, give out, throw out.

~3.~ Whisper, utter softly.

~4.~ Indicate, manifest, express, show.

~Breathe in~, Inhale, draw into the lungs.

~Breathe out~, Expire, force out of the lungs.

~Breathing~, _n._ ~1.~ Respiration.

~2.~ Aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning.

~Breathing~, _a._ Living, alive, live, not dead.

~Breathing-hole~, _n._ Vent-hole.

~Breathless~, _a._ ~1.~ Out of breath.

~2.~ Dead, lifeless, defunct.

~Breech~, _n._ Hinder part, after part.

~Breech-band~, _n._ Breeching.

~Breeches~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Small-clothes.

~2.~ Trousers, pantaloons.

~Breeching~, _n._ Breech-band.

~Breed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up.

~2.~ Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school.

~3.~ Beget, get, procreate, engender, generate, produce.

~4.~ Originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause of.

~Breed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bring forth young, produce offspring.

~2.~ Be born, be produced.

~Breed~, _n._ Race (_of animals_), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock.

~Breeding~, _n._ ~1.~ Nurture, education, discipline, instruction, training, schooling.

~2.~ Deportment, manners.

~Breeze~, _n._ Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind.

~2.~ Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir, agitation.

~Bregma~, _n._ (_Anat._) Sinciput, top of the head.

~Brent~, _n._ Brant, brand-goose (_Anser bernicla_).

~Brett~, _n._ Britzska.

~Breviary~, _n._ ~1.~ Abridgment, epitome, compend, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, digest, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance.

~2.~ Prayer-book.

~Brevipennate~, _a._ (_Ornith._) Short-winged.

~Brevity~, _n._ ~1.~ Briefness, shortness.

~2.~ Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness.

~Brew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare by fermentation.

~2.~ Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite, stir up.

~Brew~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make beer.

~2.~ Be gathering, be forming.

~Brewery~, _n._ Brew-house.

~Bribe~, _n._ Reward of treachery.

~Bribe~, _v. a._ Suborn, gain by a bribe, give a bribe to.

~Bridal~, _a._ Nuptial, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, conjugal.

~Bridal~, _n._ Marriage, wedding, nuptials, nuptial festival.

~Bridewell~, _n._ Prison, jail, penitentiary, workhouse, house of correction.

~Bridle~, _n._ Restraint, curb, check.

~Bridle~, _v. a._ Restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern.

~Brief~, _a._ ~1.~ Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, CURT.

~2.~ Transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral.

~Brief~, _n._ ~1.~ Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus.

~2.~ Pontifical letter, papal rescript.

~3.~ (_Law._) Writ, precept.

~Briefly~, _ad._ Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words.

~Brigand~, _n._ Robber, highwayman, free-booter, marauder, outlaw, bandit.

~Bright~, _a._ ~1.~ Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argent.

~2.~ Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid.

~3.~ Illustrious, glorious, famous.

~4.~ Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENT.

~5.~ Auspicious, promising, propitious.

~Brighten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Polish, burnish, furbish, make bright.

~2.~ Make cheerful, make joyous.

~Brighten~, _v. n._ Grow bright.

~Brightness~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence.

~2.~ Clearness, transparency, lucidity.

~3.~ Acuteness, ingenuity, sagacity, acumen, astuteness, discernment, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Brilliancy~, _n._ Splendor, lustre, brightness, effulgence, refulgence, radiance, shine, sheen, gloss.

~Brilliant~, _a._ ~1.~ Sparkling, glittering, splendid, lustrous, shining, bright, beaming, radiant, effulgent, refulgent, resplendent.

~2.~ Illustrious, glorious, celebrated, famous.

~Brilliant~, _n._ Diamond (_cut into facets_).

~Brim~, _n._ Edge, border, rim, verge, margin, skirt.

~Brimful~, _a._ Quite full, full to the brim, choke full.

~Brimstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Sulphur.

~2.~ [_Commercial term._] Cane brimstone, roll sulphur, stick sulphur.

~Brinded~, _a._ Brindled, tabby.

~Brindled~, _a._ Brinded, tabby.

~Brine~, _n._ ~1.~ Salt water.

~2.~ Sea, ocean, deep, main.

~Bring~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convey, bear, FETCH.

~2.~ Produce, gain, be the cause of, be the means of.

~3.~ Draw, lead, induce, prevail upon.

~Bring about~, Effect, achieve, accomplish, bring to pass.

~Bring back~, ~1.~ Recall.

~2.~ Restore, return.

~Bring down~, Humble, abase.

~Bring forth~, ~1.~ Give birth to.

~2.~ Produce, exhibit, show, expose, bring out, bring to light, make manifest.

~Bring forward~, Introduce, propose.

~Bring near~, APPROXIMATE.

~Bring on~, Originate, give rise to.

~Bring out~, Produce, expose, show, exhibit, bring forth, bring to light.

~Bring over~, ~1.~ Bear across.

~2.~ Convert, win over.

~Bring to~, ~1.~ Check the course of (_said of a ship_).

~2.~ Resuscitate, revive.

~Bring under~, Subdue, repress, restrain, conquer, get the better of.

~Bring up~, Educate, instruct, rear, nurse.

~Brink~, _n._ Edge, border, margin, verge, brow.

~Briny~, _a._ Salt.

~Brisk~, _a._ Active, lively, smart, agile, nimble, quick, smart, alert, spry, spirited, vivacious, sprightly.

~Brittle~, _a._ Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH, easily broken (_into pieces_), easily shivered.

~Britzska~, _n._ Brett.

~Broach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, tap.

~2.~ Utter, publish, proclaim, give out.

~Broached~, _a._ Tapped, abroach, on tap.

~Broad~, _a._ ~1.~ Wide.

~2.~ Large, ample, extensive, expanded, extended, vast.

~3.~ Spread, diffused, open.

~4.~ Gross, coarse, indelicate, vulgar, obscene.

~Broaden~, _v. a._ Widen, make broad.

~Broadside~, _n._ ~1.~ Cannonade (_from all the guns on the side of a ship)_.

~2.~ Placard, bill, poster, hand-bill.

~Brochure~, _n._ [Fr.] Pamphlet.

~Broil~, _n._ Affray, fray, quarrel, contention, feud, BRAWL.

~Broken~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, rent, severed, separated.

~2.~ Weakened, impaired, feeble, shaken, spent, wasted, exhausted.

~3.~ Abrupt, craggy, steep, precipitous, rough.

~Broken-hearted~, _a._ Disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless, cheerless, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, woebegone, forlorn, undone, heart-broken, in despair.

~Broker~, _n._ Factor, agent, middleman, go-between.

~Brood~, _v. n._ Incubate.

~Brood~, _n._ Offspring, progeny, issue.

~Brood over~, Think long and anxiously about.

~Brook~, _n._ Rivulet, streamlet, run, RUNNEL, runlet, rill, BURN, small stream.

~Brook~, _v. a._ Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with, submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily.

~Broom~, _n._ Besom.

~Broth~, _n._ Soup (_in which meat has been macerated_).

~Brothel~, _n._ Bagnio, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.

~Brotherhood~, _n._ ~1.~ Relation of a brother, mutual kindness (_as of brothers_).

~2.~ Fraternity, ASSOCIATION, sodality, society, CLIQUE, coterie, clan, JUNTO.

~Brotherly~, _a._ Fraternal, affectionate, kind, amicable, friendly, cordial.

~Brow~, _n._ ~1.~ Forehead.

~2.~ Edge (_as of a precipice_), brink, border.

~Browbeat~, _v. a._ Bully, overbear, treat insolently.

~Brown study~, Reverie, musing, abstraction, preoccupation, absence, absence of mind.

~Browse~, _n._ Tender twigs of shrubs and trees.

~Browse~, _v. a._ Nibble, crop, feed upon.

~Browse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feed on browse.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Live precariously.

~Bruin~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Bear.

~Bruise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, squeeze, contuse.

~2.~ Break, batter, pound, bray, pulverize, comminute, triturate, break to pieces.

~Bruise~, _n._ Contusion.

~Bruit~, _n._ Rumor, fame, report, hearsay, town-talk.

~Bruit~, _v. a._ Report, noise, blaze or spread abroad.

~Brunt~, _n._ Shock, heat of onset.

~Brush~, _n._ ~1.~ Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, battle, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair.

~2.~ Thicket, bushes, shrubs, brushwood.

~Brushwood~, _n._ Underwood, shrubs, bushes, brush.

~Brusque~, _a._ [Fr.] Rude, rough, blunt, unceremonious, abrupt, bluff, gruff, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite.

~Brutal~, _a._ ~1.~ Savage, ferocious, cruel, inhuman, unfeeling, barbarous, barbarian, fell, barbaric, ruthless, truculent, bloody, brutish, brute.

~2.~ Churlish, gruff, bearish, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, impolite, unmannerly, BRUSQUE, ungentlemanly.

~3.~ Gross, coarse, sensual, carnal, brutish, beastly, bestial.

~Brutality~, _n._ Savageness, inhumanity, barbarity, cruelty, brutishness, ferocity, truculence, hardness of heart.

~Brute~, _n._ ~1.~ BEAST (_in a wild state_), quadruped, four-footed animal, ferocious animal.

~2.~ Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster.

~Brute~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrational, void of reason.

~2.~ Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL.

~3.~ Rough, rude, uncivilized.

~Brutish~, a. ~1.~ BRUTAL.

~2.~ Irrational, brute.

~3.~ Stupid, dull, insensible.

~4.~ Gross, carnal, sensual, bestial, beastly.

~Brutum fulmen~, [L.] Harmless thunderbolt, loud but harmless threatening, empty sound.

~Bubble~, _n._ ~1.~ Water bladder.

~2.~ Trifle, bagatelle, small matter.

~3.~ Cheat, delusion, hoax, false show.

~Buccaneer~, _n._ Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter, picaroon.

~Buck~, _n._ ~1.~ Male (_of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare_).

~2.~ Blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow.

~Buckish~, _a._ Gay, dashing.

~Buckle~, _v. a._ Fasten with a buckle.

~Buckle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, bow.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Struggle, contend, strive.

~Buckle one's self~, Apply vigorously, set one's self earnestly.

~Buckler~, _n._ ~1.~ Shield, ægis.

~2.~ Defence, protection, safeguard.

~Bucolic~, _n._ Eclogue, pastoral, idyl, pastoral poem.

~Bucolic~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.

~Bucolical~, _a._ Pastoral, rustic.

~Bud~, _n._ Germ, gem, undeveloped branch or flower.

~Bud~, _v. n._ Sprout, shoot, push, germinate, vegetate, pullulate, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.

~Budge~, _v. n._ Stir, move, go.

~Budget~, _n._ ~1.~ Bag (_with its contents_), pack, packet, parcel, package, bundle, roll.

~2.~ Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection.

~Buff~, _n._ Buff-skin.

~Buff~, _a._ ~1.~ Light yellow.

~2.~ Made of buff or buff-skin.

~Buffalo~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bison.

~Buffet~, _n._ ~1.~ Slap, box, knock, rap, blow, cuff.

~2.~ Cupboard.

~Buffet~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat, box, strike, smite, cuff.

~2.~ Struggle against, contend against.

~Buffle-headed~, _a._ Dull, stupid, doltish, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled.

~Buffoon~, _n._ Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry Andrew, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack- pudding, pickle-herring.

~Buffoonery~, _n._ Jesting (_of a low sort_), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks.

~Buff-skin~, _n._ Buff.

~Bugaboo~, _n._ [_Low._] BUGBEAR.

~Bugbear~, _n._ Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, BUGABOO, POKER, Gorgon, Hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.

~Buggery~, _n._ Sodomy, unnatural carnal intercourse.

~Build~, _v. a._ Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.

~Build~, _v. n._ Construct edifices.

~Build upon~, Depend on, rest on, rely upon, calculate upon, reckon upon, count upon.

~Building~, _n._ ~1.~ Construction.

~2.~ Structure, edifice, erection, fabric, pile.

~Bulb~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Scaly bud (_like the onion and the tulip_).

~2.~ Spherical protuberance.

~Bulbous~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Bot._) Of the nature of the bulb.

~2.~ Round, roundish, protuberant, swelling out.

~Bulbul~, _n._ Persian nightingale (_Pyconotus jocosus_).

~Bulge~, _n._ Protuberance, bilge, belly, swell, swelling.

~Bulge~, _v. n._ Protrude, jut out.

~Bulk~, _n._ ~1.~ Magnitude, size, volume, greatness, largeness, bigness, bulkiness, amplitude, mass, massiveness, dimensions.

~2.~ Body, gross, majority, main part, greater part, principal part.

~Bulkhead~, _n._ (_Naut._) Partition, dividing wall.

~Bulky~, _a._ Large, great, big, huge, vast, of great size or bulk.

~Bull~, _n._ ~1.~ Male of bovine animals.

~2.~ Edict (_issued by the Pope_), rescript.

~3.~ Blunder (_involving a contradiction_), gross mistake.

~4.~ (_Astron._) Taurus.

~Bull-head~, n. ~1.~ Blockhead, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~2.~ Horn-pout, mud-pout, cat-fish (_Pimelodus cattus_).

~Bully~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire-eater, Hotspur, mock hero.

~Bully~, _v. a._ Browbeat, overbear, treat insolently.

~Bullying~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish.

~Bullying~, _n._ Blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade.

~Bulwark~, _n._ ~1.~ Rampart, redoubt, fortification.

~2.~ Security, safeguard, palladium.

~Bumble-bee~, _n._ Humble-bee.

~Bummer~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Raider (_in search of provisions_), forager.

~Bump~, _n._ ~1.~ Thump, knock, blow.

~2.~ Swelling, protuberance.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of Phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind._] Faculty, power, endowment, gift.

~Bump~, _v. a._ Knock, thump, strike, hit.

~Bumpkin~, _n._ Rustic, peasant, clodpole, clown, boor, hind, lout, lubber, swain, ploughman, countryman.

~Bumptious~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Conceited, vain, egotistical, self- opinionated, self-conceited.

~Bunch~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, hunch, knob, lump.

~2.~ Cluster (_as of grapes_).

~3.~ Batch, assortment, lot, set, parcel, collection.

~4.~ Tuft, knot.

~Bundle~, _n._ Package, pack, packet, parcel, budget, roll.

~Bundle~, _v. a._ Tie in a bundle, put into bundles, bundle up.

~Bundle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Depart hurriedly, set off in a hurry.

~2.~ Sleep together (_without undressing_).

~Bundle off~, (_Active._) Send off in a hurry.

~Bundle up~, (_Active._) Bundle, wrap up.

~Bungle~, _v. n._ Do any thing clumsily.

~Bungler~, _n._ Lubber, fumbler, clumsy workman, bad hand (_at any thing_), fresh-water sailor.

~Bungling~, _a._ ~1.~ Clumsy, awkward, unhandy, unskilful, maladroit, inapt.

~2.~ Ill-done.

~Bunk~, _n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Berth, bed.

~Bunk~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial U.S._] Lie (_in a bunk_), sleep.

~Bunker~, _n._ Bin, crib.

~Bunt~, _v. n._ Butt, strike with the head or the horns.

~Buoy~, _n._ Float (_to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c._).

~Buoy up~, ~1.~ Float, keep afloat, bear up, bear on the surface.

~2.~ Encourage, embolden, reassure.

~Buoyancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Lightness, levity, specific lightness.

~2.~ Vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, cheerfulness, GAYETY.

~Buoyant~, _a._ ~1.~ Tending to float, light.

~2.~ Cheerful, hopeful, lively, sprightly, vivacious, animated, spirited, joyful, joyous, gay, blithe, blithesome, jocund, sportive, elated, jubilant, in good spirits, in high spirits, full of life, full of spirit.

~Burbot~, _n._ Eel-pout (_Lota vulgaris_).

~Burden~, _n._ ~1.~ Load, weight.

~2.~ Cargo, freight, lading.

~3.~ Incumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, drag weight, dead weight.

~4.~ Chorus, refrain.

~Burden~, _v. a._ Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon.

~Burdensome~, _a._ ~1.~ Heavy, oppressive, onerous.

~2.~ Troublesome, grievous, hard to bear.

~Bureau~, _n._ ~1.~ Chest of drawers.

~2.~ Office, counting-room, place of business.

~3.~ Department (_of Government_).

~Burgall~, _n._ Conner, cunner, CHOGSET, blue perch.

~Burglary~, _n._ House-breaking (_at night_).

~Burial~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burying.

~Burial-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, burying-ground, church- yard, necropolis.

~Burin~, _n._ Graver, style.

~Burlesque~, _a._ Comic, comical, funny, laughable, farcical, ludicrous, jocular, sportive.

~Burlesque~, _n._ Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation.

~Burlesque~, _v. a._ Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous.

~Burly~, _a._ ~1.~ Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, STRAPPING, BOUNCING.

~2.~ Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough.

~Burn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Consume with fire, reduce to ashes.

~2.~ Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake.

~3.~ Injure by fire or heat.

~4.~ Shrivel, cause to wither.

~Burn~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flame, be on fire.

~2.~ Glow, warm, be excited.

~Burn~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream.

~Burning~, _a._ ~1.~ Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching.

~2.~ Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest.

~3.~ Vehement, powerful.

~Burning-glass~, _n._ Convex lens.

~Burnish~, _v. a._ Polish, furbish, brighten, make bright, make glossy.

~Burn one's fingers~, Get one's self into trouble (_as by meddling in the affairs of others, or by speculation_), smart for it.

~Burst~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break open (_from internal pressure_), fly open, be rent asunder.

~2.~ Break out suddenly.

~Burst~, _v. a._ Rend asunder, break open.

~Burst~, _n._ Explosion, BURSTING.

~Bursting~, _n._ Explosion, disruption, blast, burst.

~Bury~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover (_with earth, &c._), cover up.

~2.~ Inter, inhume, entomb, inurn, lay in the grave, consign to the grave.

~3.~ Hide, conceal, secrete, shroud.

~Burying~, _n._ Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burial.

~Burying-ground~, _n._ Cemetery, graveyard, BURIAL-GROUND.

~Bury the hatchet~, Make peace, be reconciled, sheathe the sword, put up the sword.

~Bush~, _n._ Shrub.

~Bushel~, _n._ Four pecks, eight gallons, thirty-two quarts.

~Business~, _n._ ~1.~ Calling, employment, occupation, pursuit, vocation, profession, craft, AVOCATION, walk of life.

~2.~ Trade, commerce, traffic, dealing.

~3.~ Concern, matter, affair, transaction.

~4.~ Office, duty, function.

~Buskin~, _n._ ~1.~ Half boot (_especially one with high soles, worn by the ancient tragedians_).

~2.~ Tragedy, tragic drama.

~Buskined~, _a._ ~1.~ Dressed in buskins.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Tragic.

~Buss~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Kiss.

~Buss~, _n._ Kiss, smack.

~Bustle~, _v. n._ FUSS, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, be in a PUCKER, be in a stew, make much ado about trifles or about nothing.

~Bustle~, _n._ ~1.~ Stir, FUSS, hurry, flurry, tumult, pother, commotion, ado, TO DO.

~2.~ Bishop, TOURNURE.

~Busy~, _a._ ~1.~ Diligent, assiduous, industrious, sedulous, notable,

## active, working, hard-working, at work; diligently employed, engaged,

or occupied.

~2.~ Brisk, stirring, bustling, nimble, agile, SPRY, constantly in motion.

~3.~ Meddling, officious, importunate.

~Busy~, _v. a._ Occupy, employ, make busy.

~Busybody~, _n._ Meddler, intermeddler, meddlesome person, officious person.

~But~, _conj._ ~1.~ On the other hand, on the contrary.

~2.~ Yet, still, however, nevertheless, moreover, further.

~3.~ Unless, if it were not that, if it be not that.

~4.~ But that, otherwise than that.

~But~, _prep._ Except, excepting.

~But~, _ad._ Only, no more than.

~But~, _n._ ~1.~ End (_especially the larger end_), but-end.

~2.~ Bound, boundary, mete.

~Butcher~, _n._ Slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut- throat.

~Butcher~, _v. a._ Kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death.

~Butchery~, _n._ MURDER, slaughter, massacre, carnage, bloodshed.

~But-end~, _n._ Blunt end, but.

~Butt~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, object, target, point aimed at.

~2.~ Laughing-stock.

~3.~ Stroke, blow.

~4.~ Cask.

~Butt~, _v. n._ Bunt, strike with the head or the horns.

~Butter-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).

~Butterfly-shaped~, _a._ Papilionaceous.

~Buttery~, _n._ Pantry.

~Buttock~, _n._ Rump.

~Button-ball tree~, BUTTON-WOOD.

~Button-holder~, _n._ Bore, proser.

~Button-wood~, _n._ Sycamore, plane-tree, button-ball tree, water-birch (_Platanus occidentalis_).

~Buttress~, _n._ Shore, prop, support, stay, brace.

~Buxom~, _a._ Gay, brisk, sprightly, lively, joyous, joyful, buoyant, vivacious, cheerful, blithe, blithesome, WINSOME, jocund, sportive, frolicsome, jolly, airy, debonair, in high health and spirits.

~Buy~, _v. a._ Purchase, bargain for.

~Buzz~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hum, make a humming sound (_as bees_).

~2.~ Whisper, murmur.

~Buzz~, _n._ ~1.~ Hum, humming noise.

~2.~ Whisper, murmur.

~By~, _prep._ ~1.~ Through (_as the cause, or the remote agent_), WITH, by the agency of, by means of, by dint of.

~2.~ At, on, by way of.

~3.~ From, according to.

~4.~ Near to, close by.

~5.~ Past.

~6.~ Along, over.

~By~, _ad._ Near.

~By and by~, Presently, soon, before long, in a short time.

~By chance~, Perhaps, perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it, as it happened.

~By degrees~, Gradually, step by step, little by little, by little and little.

~By dint of~, By, by force of, by means of, by the agency of.

~By-end~, _n._ By-purpose, private interest, secret purpose, self- interested purpose, clandestine design.

~By far~, Very much, in a great degree.

~By fits~, Irregularly, fitfully, by fits and starts.

~By fits and starts~, BY FITS.

~Bygone~, _a._ Past, gone by.

~By hand~, With the hands, by the use of the hands.

~By hook or by crook~, Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way or another, by any means.

~By-name~, _n._ Nickname, SOBRIQUET.

~By one's self~, ~1.~ Alone, solitary.

~2.~ On one's own account, ON ONE'S OWN HOOK.

~By-path~, _n._ By-way, private way.

~By-place~, _n._ Retired place, out-of-the-way place.

~By-purpose~, _n._ BY-END.

~By-road~, _n._ Private road, unfrequented road.

~By-room~, _n._ Private room, CABINET.

~By rote~, By mere repetition, without any exercise of the understanding, with no attention to the meaning.

~Bystander~, _n._ Spectator, looker-on.

~By stealth~, Secretly, clandestinely.

~By the board~, Overboard, over the side.

~By the bye~, In passing, EN PASSANT, apropos to the matter in hand, by the way.

~By the job~, At a stipulated price (_for the whole job_).

~By the strike~, By the level measure.

~By the way~, BY THE BYE.

~By-way~, _n._ By-path, private way.

~Byword~, _n._ ~1.~ Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept.

~2.~ Object of contempt, mark for scorn.

~3.~ Slang, cant term.

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~Cabal~, _n._ ~1.~ CLIQUE (_for some sinister purpose_), junto, COTERIE, set, party, gang, faction, combination, league, confederacy, CAMARILLA.

~2.~ Intrigue, plot, COMPLOT, conspiracy, machination.

~Cabal~, _v. n._ Intrigue, plot, conspire.

~Cabalistic~, _a._ Occult, secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, dark.

~Cabaret~, _n._ [Fr.] Tavern, inn, hotel, public house, house of entertainment.

~Cabbage~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Steal, purloin, filch, pilfer, make off with.

~Cabbage~, _n._ ~1.~ Plant of the genus _Brassica_.

~2.~ [_Cant term._] Shreds of cloth, tailors' remnants.

~Cabin~, _n._ Hut, hovel, cot, shed, poor cottage, mean dwelling.

~Cabinet~, _n._ ~1.~ Closet, boudoir, by-room, small room, private room, retired apartment.

~2.~ Ministry, council, body of advisers.

~Caboose~, _n._ [Written also _Camboose_.] Cook-room (_of a ship_), galley.

~Cachalot~, _n._ Sperm-whale, spermaceti-whale (_Physeter macrocephalus_).