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A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.
A giant.
Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.
Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.
Dressed in brocade.
See Brokkerage.
An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.
Same as Brocatel.
A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.
A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
Woven with a figure; as, broche goods.
See Broach, n.
A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.
A badger.
A brocket.
A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.
A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus).