bramble 
liriimr, bramble, = Ml), In-ininr, In mi . I), liriiiini 
= MLG. linini. liriiiiii-, ln-i ntr, liriiwii/i . 1,1 1. IH-HUHI. 
bramble, broom-plant, = OHG. bniina, hnium, 
MH(i. l/i'ii mi , lir.'imlilc. 1 1. ilial. (Swiss) lirnnn n. 
bramble, (J. bram, lirnnii , broom-plant (also an 
awl, punch, from the souse of 'thorn'). Akin 
to fcroo/M 1 , (|. v.] A numc common to plants 
of tho genus Huliitx, especially mnl usually in 
England tin 1 common blackberry, /I. J'rii/icn.iii.-- : 
occasionally (from these plants bring armed 
with prickles), any rough prickly shrub, as (he 
ddgrose, llnxil riniiliil. 
The briuiiiili' Hour that. In-reth the red hepe. 
Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 35. 
bramble (bram'bl), r. i. ; pret. and pp. brnm- 
hli-il, ppr. brambling, [< bramble, .] To pick 
brambles or blacki>emes. 
All persons found in-finif'/iii'i, nutting. and otherwise 
toHDMriag in ... Woods, will be prosecuted. 
ifnotcil In jr. and Q., 7th scr., II. 327. 
brambleberry (bram'bl-ber'i), i.; pi. bram- 
bleberries (-iz). [ME. not found, < AS. )- 
mel-berie (cf. brember, ME. brember, equiv. to 
brembel. bremcl, bramble) (= MLG. brdmber = 
OHG. bramberi, MHG. brdmbcre, brdmber, G. 
brombeere = 8w. brombar = Dan. brombasr, a 
blackberry, = MD. braembfsir, D. braamhr:ir, > 
P. framboise, Pr. framboisn, Hp. frambueso, It. 
dial, flnnbocsa, ML. J'r<ii>ib<inra, raspberry), < 
bremcl, bramble, + berie, berry.] 1. The berry 
of a bramble; especially, a blackberry. 2. 
The plant itself. See bramble. [Eng.] 
bramble-bond (bram' bl-bond), n. A band 
made of the long shoots of the bramble, for- 
merly used in thatching roofs. 
bramble-bush (bram'bl-bush), n. [< bramble + 
bush; cf. D. braambosch = MLG. brambusch = 
ODan. bremlebitsk.'] The bramble, or a thicket 
of brambles. 
brambled (bram 'bid), o. [< bramble, n., + 
-ed 2 .] Overgrown with brambles. 
Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. 
T. Warton, Ode, ill. 
bramble-finch (bram'bl-finch), n. Same as 
bramblini/. 
bramble-net (bram'bl-net), . A hallier, or 
net for catching birds. 
bramble-rose (bram'bl-roz), n. The dogrose, 
Kosa canina. 
firamblc-roec*, faint and pale. Tmnyton, A Dirge. 
bramble-worm (bram'bl-werm), n. Same as 
brandling, 2. 
brambling (bram'bling), n. [< bramble + -'n<7 3 .] 
A common European conirostral oscine pas- 
serine bird, of the family Fringillidw, Fringilla 

r 
Rramhling or Mnuntain-finch (Frittfitla 
montifrinnilln, or inonntain-ftnch, closely re- 
lated to and resembling the chaffinch, /'. <- 
II-/IK, but larger. Also called bramble-finch. 
brambly (bram'bli), a. [< bramble + -yl.] 
Full of brambles: as, "bramhly wildernesses," 
Ti-HHi/mtn, The Brook. 
braniet (briim), n. [< OF. brame, bram, a cry 
of pain or longing (= Bret, bram, a noise, = 
Sp. It. liraiiin, desire), < brnmcr = Pr. bramar = 
Sp. bntmar, cry out, = It. hmm/ire, desire, long 
for, < OHG. breman = AS. bn-mman = MD. 
bi-t-Himen, roar: see ftrtm 1 .] Intense passion or 
emotion. 
Through Ions; languor and hart-burning brain'. 
She shortly like a pyned ghost became. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. ii. 62. 
869 
bramid (bnnn'id), H. A fish of (he family I'.rn- 
niiilii . 
Bramidae (bram'i-dc), n. />/. [XL., < Jlnimii + 
-ill"'.] A family of acanthoptcrygian li.-ln-s. 
represented by the genus liriinin. It Ul 
tile Ullpcrfainih 'firiiinhruiilril, anil in chani'-tcri/c.l Ii) an 
nli]i,i|._' , ntii]irrs.-,-il b,,.[\. i-"iiii'l .1 heail. Mug dorsal and 
anal tins with few anterior spines, anil (wi-feet II. 
ventral tins. The few specie* are Inhabitant! of latin r 
deep seas. Hee cut under /</*// r. t. 
Bramin, etc. See Brahman, etc. 
bramoid (bram'oid), a. and . [< JSrama + 
-"'.] I. a. Pertaining to or resembling the 
lll'llllllilir. 
II. . A fish of tho family Bramidu: 
bran 1 (bran), n. [< ME. bran, also brrn, brin, 
partly < OF. bren, bran, also refuse, dung, F. 
bran, bran, = Pr. bren = OSp. bren = It. dial. 
brennn (ML. In iniiniii. brannitni), bran, < \V. 
bran, bran, husk, = Ir. bran, chaff, = Bret. 
brenn, bran; and partly (like OF., etc.) directly 
from the Celtic.] The outer coat of wheat, rye, 
or other farinaceous grain ; the husky portion 
of ground wheat, separated from the flour by 
bolting. 
bran 1 (bran), r. t. ; pret. and pp. branned, ppr. 
branning. [< bran 1 , n.l To steep in a bath, of 
bran and water, as cloth before or after dyeing, 
or skins for tanning. 
Brannfd goods are not afterwards soaped, but simply 
washed In the washing machine for half an hour with 
cold or tepid water. 
Cronkei, Dyeing and Calico- Printing, p. 3O9. 
bran 2 (bran), n. [E. dial. ; origin unknown.] 
A name of the common crow. Corvun corone. 
Macmllirray. [Local, British.] 
bran-* (bran), r. A dialectal form of bren, 
burn 1 . 
bran-bread (bran'bred'), n. [< ME. ftronfcrerf.] 
Bread made of bran, or of unbolted flour. 
branct, n. [OF. branc; cf. F. branche, branch: 
see branch.] A linen vestment similar to a 
rochet, formerly worn by women over their 
other clothing. 
brancard (brang'kard), n. [F., a litter, shaft, 
thill, < Pr. branc, F. branche, branch, arm.] A 
horse-litter. Lady M. W. Montagu. 
branch (branch). H. and a. [Early mod. E. also 
braunch ; < ME. branche, braunche, bronche,<. OF. 
branche,brance, F. branche, branch, = Pr. branca, 
also branc, = OSp. and OPg. branca = It. branca, 
branch, claw, = Wall, branca, hand, fore foot (> 
G. branke, dial, pranke, claw, pranke, brante, 
prante, a paw, esp. of a bear), < ML. branca, 
claw ; perhaps of Celtic origin : cf . Bret, branc, 
an arm, = W. braich, an arm, a branch, = L. 
brdchium, bracchium, arm, branch, claw: see 
brace 1 , .] I. n. 1. A division or subdivision of 
the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant 
(the ultimate or smaller ramifications being 
called branchlets, twigs, or shoots) ; a bough. 
A great elm tree -pi-fad Its broad branchtt over it. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 427. 
2. Something resembling a branch in its re- 
lation to the trunk ; an offshoot or part extend- 
ing from the main body of a thing; a ramifica- 
tion; a subdivision ; an outgrowth. 
Withouteu braunch of vyce in ony wyse, 
In trouthe alwey to don yow my servyse. 
Chaucfr, Troilus, III. 133. 
Hpeciflcally (a) Any member or part of a body or system; 
a department : a section or subdivision : as, a branch of a 
society ; the various branche* of learning. 
In the United States of America ... the study of Ju- 
risprudence and of some branches of politics has made 
great progress. 
>Vi' (1. C. Ijewif, Authority in Matters of Opinion, iii. 
It is a very prevalent notion among the Christians of 
Europe, that the Moos'lims are enemies to almost every 
branch of knowledge. 
A'. W. Law, Modern Egyptians, I. 277. 
(/') A line of family descent, in distinction from some 
other line or lines from the same stock : as, the English 
or the Irish branch of a family, (c) Any descendant In 
such a line. [Rare.] 
His father, a younger branch of the ancient stock planted 
In Somersetshire. R. Corf if, Survey of Cornwall. 
,'/) Inborn., any portion of a real curve capable of descrip- 
tion by the continuous motion of a point. Every hrain- h 
either extends to infinity or returns into itself (rrrntrant 
branch) ; but some old geometers considered a branch to 
be ended by a cusp, (e) A piece of pipe including a length 
of the main pipf ami a shorter piece branching from it. 
When the latter is at riant angles to the former, the 
branch is a T-branch ; if at an acute angle, it is a Y-branch. 
If there are two branching pieces, It is called a dmtblf 
Crunch. (/> Tile metal piece on the end of the hose of a 
tire-enu'ine In \\hirh the nozle is screwed. (//) One of the 
sides of a hor-r-h-M (M In furl., tin- \iin^ "i- I^IIL: sill- 
of a horn- or crown-work ; also, one of the jmrts of a zig- 
/au- approach. (0 In a sword-hilt, cither of two pieces 
which project at right anirles to the barrel and to the 
blade of the sword, forming guards for the hand. See 
branchiae 
/"" ( /) I;i MtoM , tti-- M;I-J> I hi in <ir i.ni.-i- jM.rtlon of a 
-. hh-nlatf antenna, (it) 1 -mall v. in. 
or string of ore, conne c te.l tilth 01 Man. h 
from the main ]o.le. See 1'ilf. (I) In a luiilh . i-itlu ruf two 
lient pieces of iron tihich IN ar tin- bit. the ,10 . 
and the cnrli. 
3. In the southern and some of the western 
I'll! ted States, the general name for any stream 
that is not a large river or a bayou. 
Most of the branch or streams were dried up. Ining. 
4. The diploma or commission is-ued liy tlie 
proper authority to a pilot who has passed an ex- 
amination for competency. 5f. A chandelier. 
Ash. 6. A branched candlestick or candle. 
Tills I funeral] procession was headed by an acolyte with 
a cross between two clerks, each of whom carried a pecu- 
liar kind of light called " a white branch," because com- 
posed of three tapers who.. tin..- up out of one root as It 
were, !>eing twisted together at tne lower end an ein- 
bh-iii of the Trinity, lliu-k. Church of our Fathers, ii. 4S7. 
Bastard branch. See battard. Branches of ogives, 
in 'ti-'-ti., the rilts of groined vaults travel-King frm one 
angle to another, and forming a cross between the other 
arches which make the sides of the square of which the 
liranches are the diagonals. See arc o<ri'rv. under are!. 
Branch herring. Complete branch, in 
geom., a branch of H curve considered as not interrupted 
by passing through infinity. See 2 (cf), aliove. Falling 
branch, in (run., that portion of the trajectory In which 
the projectile approaches the earth. 
II. a. Consisting of or constituting a branch ; 
ramifying; diverging from a trunk, main stem, 
or main body : as, a branch road or railroad ; a 
branch society. 
branch (branch), r. [< ME. braunchen, < OF. 
branchir = Pr. brancar, branch, = It. brancare, 
grip; from the noun.] I. intrant. 1. To spread 
in branches; send out branches, as a plant. 
2. To divide into separate parts or subdivisions ; 
diverge: ramify To branch off, to form separate 
parts or (tranches ; diverge from any main stem, line, or 
course. To branch out, to ramify; engage in lateral 
operations, as in business ; digress, as In discourse. 
To branch out into a long extempore dissertation. 
Spectator, So. 247. 
H. trans. 1. To divide, as into branches; 
make subordinate divisions in. 
The spirits of things animate . . . are branched into 
canals as blood is. /.'">>/<. Nat. Hist. 
2. To adorn with needlework; decorate with 
embroidery; adorn with flowers or other orna- 
ment, as in textile fabrics. 
The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, 
Branched with gold and pearl most richly wrought. 
ftpenner. 
Calling my officers about me, In my branched velvet 
gown. Shot., T. N., U. 5. 
A dress 
All i,i-iiwli',l and Hower'd with gold. 
Tenuymn, Ucraint. 
To branch (a thing) oat, to make It spread out in divi- 
sions like branches. [Rare.] 
Ah, my Olaclnto . . . 
Branches me out his verb-tree on the slate. 
Brmcning, King and Book, II. 64. 
branch-chuck (branch'chuk). n. In mech., a 
chuck formed of four branches turned up at 
the ends, each furnished with a screw. 
Branchelliidae (brang-ke-li'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Branchfllion + -irf<r.] A family of leeches, 
typified by the genus Branchellion. They are dis- 
tuignished oy the development of a pair of lateral bran- 
chiform lobes on each segment of the liody. The oral 
sucker is entire and strjctured at its origin. A common 
European species is Branchellion ttrrjicdinvi. 
Branchellion (lirang-kel'i-on), H. [NL., < Gr. 
i^pa-jX'a, gills.] A genus of Hirudinra, or leech- 
es, typical of the family Branrhelliida; having 
the sides of the body lobate or extended into 
lobe-like appendages. 
brancher (bran'cher), n. [< ME. branrher, 
bmuncher, a young hawk; < branch + -!.] 1. 
That which snoots forth branches. 2. A young 
hawk or other bird when it begins to leave the 
nest and take to the branches of trees. 
Thai-coy braunchen in brede hettyr was never. 
Morte Arthurr (E. E. T. S.), L 190. 
I say that the eyas should have her meat unwashed, 
until she liecomes a branchi-r. Scott, Abbot. I. 44. 
branchery (bran'cher-i), H. [T branch + -cry.] 
A sv-tern of branches, 
branchia (brang'ki-a), n. 1 [LL., NL. : see 
In-iiiii'liiii .~\ One of the constituents of the 
branchial apparatus; a gill. See bronchia-. 
[Rare.] 
branchia (brang'ki-ft), . 2 pi. [NL. : see brnn- 
i-liin:] Same as brnncliin: [Rare.] 
branchiae (brang'ki-e), H. pi [L., pi. (cf. LL. 
(NL.) branrhia, fern, sing., XL. briinchiii, neut. 
pi., the proper form), < Gr. Bptffpa, pi., gills. 
fip&yx 10 *, sing., a fin ; cf. ppAyxof, hoarseness. 
\iov = pp6yx un ', windpipe: see brnncliin.] 
1 . < irgans subservient to respiration through 
