{ } n. (Zool.) (a) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. (b) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed. [ 1913 Webster ]

britt

n. 1. the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish.
Syn. -- brit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. minute crustaceans, forming food for right whales.
Syn. -- brit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Brittle

a. [ OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to dispense, fr. breótan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw. bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle. ] Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite. [ 1913 Webster ]

brittlebush

n. 1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.
Syn. -- brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Brittlely

adv. In a brittle manner. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brittleness

n. Aptness to break; fragility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brittle star

(Zool.) Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

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brittany spaniel

(n) tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat

britten

(n) major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976), Syn. Edward Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh

brittle

(n) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets, Syn. toffee, toffy

brittle

(adj) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped, Syn. brickly, brickle, Example:brittle bones; glass is brittle; `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal

brittle

(adj) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit, Example:a brittle and calculating woman

brittle

(adj) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured, Syn. unannealed

brittle bladder fern

(n) delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems, Syn. brittle fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis

brittlebush

(n) fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine, Syn. incienso, Encelia farinosa, brittle bush

brittle maidenhair

(n) tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated, Syn. Adiantum tenerum, brittle maidenhair fern

brittleness

(n) firm but easily broken, Syn. crispness, crispiness

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