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A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.
Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran.
A brawl or dance.
Steep.
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
Smooth; unwrinkled.
Steep; high.
A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.
The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.
Relating to the brain; cerebral.
Same as Brazen.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
Broken fragments of ice.
Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
Hasty in temper; impetuous.