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‖n. pl. (Anat.) See Bronchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. , pl. Cf. Bronchus. ] (Anat.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia. ] (Anat.) Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications. --
Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia. --
Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. --
Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. --
Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Bronchial. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a bronchiole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Anat.) A minute bronchial tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to bronchitis; as, bronchitic inflammation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bronchus + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. bronco rough, wild. ] A native or a Mexican horse of small size. [ Western U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; tumor. ] (Med.) See Goiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; sound. ] A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bronchus + pneumonia. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bronchi [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; windpipe. Cf. Bronchia. ] (Anat.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Broncho. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brand. ] A sword. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder + -graph. ] (Meteor.) (a) A tracing or chart showing the phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. (b) An instrument for making such tracings, as a recording brontometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -lite, -lith. ] An aërolite. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder + -logy. ] A treatise upon thunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder + -meter. ] (Meteor.) An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder + say^ros lizard. ] (Paleon.) a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder + say^ros lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thunder + &unr_; beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thunder + &unr_; animal. ] (Paleon.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bronze, fr. It. bronzo brown, fr. OHG. br&unr_;n, G. braun. See Brown, a. ] 1. An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

A print, a bronze, a flower, a root. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Boldness; impudence; “brass.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aluminium bronze. See under Aluminium. --
Bronze age, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. --
Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface. --
Phosphor bronze and
Silicious bronze or
Silicium bronze are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bronzed p. pr. & vb. n. Bronzing. ] [ Cf. F. bronzer. See Bronze, n. ] 1. To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bronzed skin disease. (Pathol.) See Addison's disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze. -- a. Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A material for bronzing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bronzite. ] (Min.) A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ectobronchia [ NL. See Ecto-, and Bronchia. ] (Anat.) One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

v. t. 1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Entobronchia [ See Ento-, and Bronchia. ] (Anat.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

n. [ Iso- + Gr. bronth` thunder. ] (Meteor.) An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking the simultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by observing the time when the thunder is heard at different places. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A brass alloy having from 1 to 4 percent of manganese added to harden it; made by adding manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass.
Syn. -- high-strength brass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Mesobronchia [ NL. See Meso-, and Bronchia. ] (Anat.) The main bronchus of each lung. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Parabronchia [ NL. See Para-, Bronchia. ] (Anat.) One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phosphor + bronze. ] (Metal.) A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the bronchus; -- applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]