English English Dictionary

of Bring

The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.

Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish.

State or quality of being brinish.

A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.

Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

See Bryony.

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider.

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest.

In a brisk manner; nimbly.

Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.

To show defiance or indignation.

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.