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n. [ L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See Abrade. ] 1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The substance rubbed off. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) (a) A superficial excoriation of skin or mucous membranes. AS (b) Erosion of the tooth substance AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing abrasion. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an enzyme which exists in nerve cells and hydrolyses acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. It is essential for neurotransmission at autonomous synapses and neuromuscular junctions, and its inhibition by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can paralyze or kill an animal.
Syn. -- ACE [ PJC ]

prop. n. A genus of tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
Syn. -- genus Achras [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; border. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ n. [ Gr. akrasia. ] Excess; intemperance. [ Obs. except in Med. ] Farindon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. écraser to crush. See Crase, Craze. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To craze. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair; to destroy. [ Obs. ] Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖r /mhw>, n. A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to express by antithesis or negation. ] (Rhet.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + fra`sis speech. ] (Med.) (a) = Dumbness. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Arras the capital of Artois, in the French Netherlands. ] Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with an arras. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Arras. ] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

, adv. [ Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See Arris. ] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A resin, called also galipot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. grass for pastures and lawns esp bowling and putting greens.
Syn. -- bent, bent grass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) Same as Bent, a kind of grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bilis bile + prasinus green. ] (Physiol.) A dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

fld>(Bot.) a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a genus of palm trees including the palmyra (Borassus flabellifer, formerly Borassus flabelliformis).
Syn. -- genus Borassus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) a European foxtail naturalized in North America; it is often a troublesome weed.
Syn. -- green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass, bottle grass, Setaria viridis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Same as Brazen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a magnoliid genus; a genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as the most primitive of extant angiosperms; alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Syn. -- genus Brasenia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. Gael. bras or G. barsch harsh, sharp, tart, impetuous, D. barsch, Sw. & Dan. barsk. ] Hasty in temper; impetuous. Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle. ] Brittle, as wood or vegetables. [ Colloq., U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brash brittle. ] 1. A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Broken fragments of ice. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water brash (Med.), an affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth; pyrosis. --
Weaning brash (Med.), a severe form of diarrhea which sometimes attacks children just weaned. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our progress was not at all impeded by the few soft, brashy floes that we encountered. F. T. Bullen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Showery; characterized by brashes, or showers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ OE. brasiere, F. braise live coals. See Brass. ] An artificer who works in brass. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. brasier, braisíer, fr. braise live coals. See Brass. ] A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. brésiline. See 2d Brazil. ] (Chem.) A substance, C16H14O5, extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air, being oxidized to C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Brazil, built on the central plateau. Population (2000) = 1, 800, 000.
Syn. -- Brazilian capital. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] (Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Brasses [ OE. bras, bres, AS. bræs; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze. ] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Impudence; a brazen face. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. --
Brass foil,
Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also Dutch gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an armor plate that protects the arm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. brassard, fr. bras arm. See Brace, n. ] Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.
Syn. -- ironclad, unchangeable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having trim or fittings of brass; as, a brassbound campaign chest; the heavy brass-bound door. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Perh. a transposition of barse; but cf. LG. brasse the bream, G. brassen Cf. Bream. ] (Zool.) A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]