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teg'dl(Gr. brangchia, a gill; sfego, 

 I cover, I conceal), among many 

 fishes, having a membrane sup- 

 ported by rays for covering and 

 protecting the gills ; having a 

 gill covering. 



brand, a., brand (Icel. brandr, 

 Ger. brand, a fire-brand), in bot. , 

 denoting certain parasitic fungi 

 which produce a scorched or 

 burnt appearance on the living 

 leaves of a tree. 



Brassicaceas, n. plu., bras' si-ka' 

 s$-e (L. brassica, W. bresych, 

 cabbage said to be in allusion 

 to the bunchy top), an extensive 

 Order of plants, more commonly 

 called Cruciferse : Brassica, n., 

 bras'-sik-d, a genus of the Ord. 

 Cruciferse. ; many of the common 

 culinary vegetables belong to this 

 Order, as cabbage, cauliflower, 

 turnip, radish, cress, etc..: Brassica 

 oleracea, dl'gr-d'sg-d (L. olera- 

 ceus, herb-like from olus, a 

 kitchen herb), the original species, 

 whence all the varieties of cabbage, 

 cauliflower, brocoli, and savoys 

 have been obtained : B. rapa, 

 rdp'-d (L. rdpum, a turnip), the 

 common turnip : B. campestris, 

 kdm-pest'-ris (L. campestris, be- 

 longing to a level field from 

 campus, a field), the source of 

 the Swedish turnip : B. napus, 

 ndp'us (L. napus, a species of 

 turnip), rape or cole-seed, which 

 yields colza and carcel oils : B. 

 Chinensis, tshin-ens'is (mod. L. 

 Chinensis, pert, to China), the 

 plant which yields Shanghae oil : 

 B. nigra, nig'rd (L. nigra, fern, 

 black), a plant, the seeds of 

 which furnish table-mustard. 



braxy, n., braks'4 (said to be from 

 AS. breac, a rheum ; AS. broc, Icel. 

 brak, disease, sickness may be 

 connected with the root of brake 

 and bracken, as indicating the 

 nature of the ground where the 

 disease prevails), chronic diarrhoea 

 or dysentery among sheep ; in 

 Scotland, a general term applied to 



diseases of sheep of the most 

 opposite character. 



Bray era anthelmintica, brd-er'-a 

 dnth'.Zl'mintf.ik'ti (Gr. antl, 

 against ; helmins, a worm), the 

 flowers of a tree of Abyssinia 

 which have been found effective 

 in Tsenia or tape -worms ; the 

 drug Kousso or Cusso. 



bregma, n., br'eg'-md (Gr. bregma, 

 the fore - part of the head from 

 brecho, I moisten or wet), the top 

 of the head ; the two spaces in 

 the infant's head where the part 

 of the bone is the longest in 

 hardening. 



Brevilinguia, n., brZv'-t'ttng'gwt-ti 

 (L. brevis, short,; lingua, the 

 tongue), in zooL, a division of the 

 Lacertilia. 



Brevipennatae, n. plu , brVv'-i-pen- 

 ndtf'6 (L. brevis, short ; penna, a 

 wing), a group of the natatorial 

 birds : brevipennate, a., brev'-i- 

 pVn'ndt, sliort-winged. 



brevissimus oculi, br&V'fe'tin-fo 

 ok'ul'i (L. brevissimus, very short 

 from brevis, short ; oculi, of the 

 eye), the * obliquus inferior, ' from 

 its being the shortest muscle of 

 the eye. 



Bromeliaceae, n. plu., brdm-el'i-d' 

 se-e (after Bromel, a Swedish 

 botanist), the Pine-apple Family, 

 an Order of plants, natives of the 

 warm parts of America : Bromel- 

 ia, br 6m- el' i- a, a genus of plants, 

 the woody fibres of many of which 

 are used in manufactures : Bromel- 

 ia pinguis. pmg'-gwis (L. pinguis, 

 fat), a species used as a vermifuge 

 in the \V. Indies. 



bromine, n., bromf-m (Gr. bromos, 

 a carrion smell, a stench), a red 

 elementary liquid of offensive 

 odour, obtained from sea-water, 

 salt-springs, and sea-weed, used 

 extensively in medicine in the 

 form of bromic acid, and its 

 derivative hydrobromic acid. 



Bronms, n., brom'us (Gr. bromos, 

 wild oats), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Graminese : Bromus purgans, 



