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his ^eath, with tliofe mimeroiis good work^ he had fo hear- 

 tily promottrd." " Dr. Bray's opiiiloii," fays one of his 

 biographers, " tliat civilizing the IiuHans mull be the firll 

 ilep, in any fucctfshil attempt for tlicir convtiilon, is a 

 proof of his good ienle, and of the j nil ideas he entertained 

 on the lubjcft." Bio^f. Brit. 



Bray, Solomon J)i;, a portrait painter, was born at 

 Haerlen,! in 1597, or, according to Defcarr.p';, in iiyOt 

 and is reckoned a^nong the good artills of his tiirie. He 

 died in 1664. Piikington. 



Bray, Jacob nt, an hillorical painter, the fi'm of tlie 

 former, was born at Haerleni, and is laid hv Di-fcamps to 

 have died lonne weeks before his father, in 1664 ; bnt other 

 writers aflinn, that lie was alive in 1680. He diHingiiiihed 

 himfelf by his drawings, as well as ids paintings. At Ani- 

 flcrdann, there is a piclnre by this artill, in which David 

 is repreftnted playing before the ark ; that is mnch com- 

 mended. The colonring is fo well managid, that it appears 

 as freSh as if it had jnll come from tlie caftl. His drawings 

 on vellum and paper, finilhcd in red and black chalk, are 

 very fme and highly vahnd. Pilkington, Strntt. 



Bray, in Geography., a fea-port and pod town of the 

 county of Wicklow, Irehind, lituated on the confines of 

 the county of Dublin, from which it is fcparated by a fmall 

 river of the fame name, that abounds with excellent trout. 

 It has two fairs, at which are lold great quantities of 

 frieze and flannel, with flieep and black cattle. Here are an 

 old caftle, acluiich and chapel bith newly built, and a bar- 

 rack. In the neighbonrhood are many line feats that at- 

 trart vilitors ; and it is alfo frequented for lea bathing, and 

 for drinkinsr goats' wliev. Dillance from Dublin, 10 miles 

 S. by E. 'N. lat. Sj" 'i.','- W. long. 6' (>'. 



]if.A\-banL, a narrow bank of faiid on the eaft coall of 

 Ireland, oppolite to Bray-head, at the didance of from hx 

 to feven miles from the coall, and extending about eight 

 miles N. by E. The lead water found on it was nine 

 feet. 



BRAY-Z'rai/, a cape on th^ eall coafl of Ireland, near the 

 town of the fame name, which is ftcej), and the highell 

 land upon tliat part of the coaft. It is 1 2 miles north of 

 Wickiow-head, and 5 mdcs fouth 01 Dalkey, the fouth 

 point of the entrance into the bay of Dublin. N. lat. 53° 

 12'. W. long. 6° 4'. 



Bray fur Sdr.e, a town of France, in the departmcr't of 

 the Seine and Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diilricl of Provins, ,5 leagues S. of Provins. The town 

 contains 2C,;o, and the canton 10,582 inhabitants ; the ter- 

 ritory comprehends 272^ kiiiometres, and 2j communes. 



EaAY Jiir Sommc, a town ot France, in the dtpartrnent 

 of the Somnie, and chief place of a canton, in the dillnft of 

 Peionnc, 3 leagues W. of Peronne. The place contains 

 1065, and the canton 9645 inhabitants; the territory in- 

 cludes 145 kiiiometres, and 20 communes. 



BRAZE', a town of France, in the department of the 

 Cijte-d'Or, 2 leagues from Dijon. 



BRAZED, in Herniary, the fame as Braced, is ufed to 

 expieis Inch ciiarges as arc folded or interlaced. 



BRAZEEL porju, m Botany, (Petiver). See Spi- 

 GEI.IA A»STHELM1A. 



BRA"ZEN age is ufed by the poets to exprcfs the third 

 age of the world. See Age. 



Brazen-i'///^, among Mliiiirs, is the ftandard by which 

 the other diihes are gauged, and is kept in tb.e king's 

 hall. 



Brazen /aver, in 'Jeiuijh H'ljlory, one cf the utenfi'3 of 

 the court of the tabtniacle, delcribed in the jOih chapter 

 of Exodus, and conveniently liluatcd between the eall end 



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of the tabernaele and llio altar of bvirnt-ofTerings. Neitlier 

 its fliape nor li/.c is mentioned by Mofes ; bnt it was pr(«. 

 bably of confiderable capacity, as it ferved for the ufe of all 

 the prlertj te) wafli their liands and feet, before they per- 

 formed their minillry. It is faid (Exod. XKviii. S. ), that 

 Mofes " made the h'.ver of brafs, and the foot of it of brafs, 

 of the looklng-glafTes of the women, who alTembled at the 

 door of the fibernacle of the congregation." Such were 

 the ancient mirrors, made of poliflied br.ifa or other metal ; 

 whicli gave but a dark or obfeure iina.<e, in comparifon of 

 glafs mirrors. Hence, it is faid, wc read (l Cor. viii. 1:.; 

 ot " feeing through a glafs darkly j" or rather " in, or by 

 a glafs," as ^1 fs-oTlfv fignilie5. Some have fuppofed, that an 

 error has crept into the text, or an exchange of one lett'T 

 for another like -it, as of 2], inllead of 3 ; and that it fhould 

 be rendered, " he made the laver and its foot of a brafs like 

 the lookuig-glaffes of the women that crouded about the 

 door of the tabernacle ;" by which we are to undeilland, 

 that he made them either of the fame metal, or that he gave 

 them the fame degree of brlghtnefs or finooihnefs. And, if 

 what an ancient father tells us be true, with regard to the 

 Egyptian women, that they ufed to go into the temple 

 with a lookinj; -glafs in one hand, and a timbrel in the </tlier, 

 it will ferve to lllndratc the pradice of the Hebrew women's 

 wearing fiieh an ornament when they came into the tabcr- 

 naclc. TremcU. in loc. Cyril. Alexand. de Adorat. in 

 Spirit, &c. tom. i. 1. 2. p. 64. 



Bra/.en, or mohen fea, an ntenfil in the temple of Solo- 

 mon, for the fize and condruflloii of which, fee 1 Kings, 

 chap. vii. and 2 Chron. chap. iv. The water contained in 

 it fcivrd for the wadiing of the facrilices, and of the priells 

 and Levites, befene they performed the feveral fervices af- 

 figncd them ; and for this pnrpofe it was drawn out by 

 pipes a: d conduits. It was filled with water by the 

 Glbeonltes, who were afterward called Ntthinlm-. 



Br A 7. EN ferpent, a f,gure of the fiery ferpent or faraph, 

 which Mofes was inllrniSed to form and to elevate upon the 

 top of a pole, promlling the Hebrews, that all who were 

 bitten by, ferpents, and diould look towards lids im.agc, 

 fhould be healed ; as the event proved. Nnmb. xxi. 9. Our 

 Saviour compares the lifting up of this ferpent on the pole 

 to his elevation, or crucifixion, upon the crofs. Job •, iii. 14. 

 John, xil. 32. Tliis brazen ferpent was prefcrved among 

 the Ifraelltes till the time of Hezek'ah, who, hiing infeirmed 

 that the people paid a fnperllitioiis worihip to ii, ordered it 

 to be broken in pieces, and by way ol contempt gave it the 

 name of " NL.hu(htan," i. e. a brazen bawble or trifle. 

 2 Kings, xviii. 4. 



BRAZIER, an artificer who makes and fells pans, pots, 

 kettles, and other kitchen utenfils and b'afs ware. 



Itinerant braziers, who go about with their tpols a-id 

 kna))(;icks, arc called linhers ; by the French, braaUrj of the 

 luh't/lli, chouilcronlers aiijijf.et. 



BRAZIL-a'oc;/, in Botany. See C«sa;.pin14, and 



BRASIL-Tyon^/. 



BRAZING, the foldering or joining of two pieces of 

 iron by means of thin plates of brafs, mdted between the 

 two pieces to be joined. 



If the work be very fine, as when the t\\\) leaves of 

 .broken faws are to be joined, it is to be covered with beaten 

 borax, nioidened with water, th^'t it may iiicorporate with 

 the brafs dull, which is here added ; and the piece is cx- 

 poietl to the fire, without touching the coals, till the brafs 

 be oblerved to run. To braze with a Itill greater degree 

 of nicety, they ufe a folder made of brafs, with a tenth part 

 ot tin; or another, one-third brafs, and two-thirds diver ; 

 or borax and rodn : obfcrving, iu all tliefc ways of biazcig, 



that 



