a.
Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wear my dagger with the braver grace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
For I have gold, and therefore will be brave.
In silks I'll rattle it of every color. Robert Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]
Frog and lizard in holiday coats
And turtle brave in his golden spots. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The star-spangled banner, O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. F. S. Key. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hot braves like thee may fight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all;
And so in this, to bear me down with braves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
These I can brave, but those I can not bear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou [ a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating ] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
And [ she ] decked herself bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her. Judith. x. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of state or being brave. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. braverie. ]
Remember, sir, my liege, . . .
The natural bravery of your isle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like a stately ship . . .
With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man that is the bravery of his age. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]