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See Brahma.
A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.
Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
The brambling or bramble finch.
The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
A net to catch birds.
Overgrown with brambles.
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles.
Sharp passion; vexation.
Alt. of Braminic
See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc.
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
The European carrion crow.
See Brand-new.
A litter on which a person may be carried.
Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.