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The marriage bed.
Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
The nuptial apartment.
A man newly married, or just about to be married.
A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.
Alt. of Brideman
See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.
A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man."
of Bridesman
A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.
To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.