brazen 
Trumpeter*, 
With brazen din blunt you the city s car. 
.sViii*-., A. andt;., Iv. 8. 
3. Extremely Strom;: impenetrable: from brass 
often serving as a type of strength, impend m- 
bility, mid Ilif like: as, " environed with a bra- 
.:< ii wall," ."'///,.,:! Hen. VI., ii. 4. 4. Impu- 
dent; having a front like lirass. 
Such u lirttzt'ii il'-t; *mv ni'v.-i in> r\r* lrtnM. 
<;nl'!.imith. She Stoops til Conquer, ii. 
Talbot . . . appeared iluily with ItrnZfn front Itefore the 
princess whose ruin he hud ploth-.l. 
(fOMtthy, Hist. Eng., vl. 
Also spelled lintKi-ii. 
Brazen age. ><' "''-*' '" n<tiil>"l<.in ami history, under 
"/'. Brazen dish, a bnws di*h nmilr in the tinii' \ 
Hi my VIII., nnil kept I'lKiiiuil to a pillar at Wirluwurth 
in DeVbyshirr, Knylimil. it H iwil by the lead-miners in 
tin- Low (Yak ;LS ii stuntlanl measure. Brazen horn. 
Siime a* liiiriihuiiitf-horn. Brazen 8ea(2 Ki. xxv. 18), 111 
.1. //,*/, luih'j.. :i larne vessel of brass placed in Solomon's 
temple, called a molten tea ill 1 Ki. vii. M .2.'i-2S, where It i> 
described. It stood on 12 brazen oxen, and was 10 cubit* 
from brim to brim, .' in height, and 30 In circumference. 
It was designed for the priesU to wash themselves in he- 
fore they performed the service of the temple. 
brazen (bra'zn), v. t. [< brazen, a.] To be- 
have with insolence or effrontery in regard to : 
with an indefinite it as object. 
Mi-n would face it and brazrn it. Latimer. 
To brazen out, to persevere in treating with effrontery : 
with an indefinite it, or a noun like matter, a/air, busi- 
ness, etc. 
I'm resolved to brazen the business out. 
Sir J. Vanbnujh, The Relapse, Iv. 4. 
Thornton . . . brazened it out with his usuallmpudence. 
Bulmr, IVIhain. lixviii. 
brazen-browed (bra'zn-broud), a. Shameless ; 
impudent. 
Noon-day vices and brazen-browed iniquities. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Slur i : 
brazen-face (Itra'zn-fas), n. An impudent per- 
son ; one remarkable for effrontery. 
Well said, brazfn-faee ; hold it out. 
Shot., M. W. of W., iv. 2. 
brazen-faced (bra'zn-fast), a. Impudent; bold 
to excess; shameless: as, " a brazen-faced var- 
let," Hhiik., Lear, ii. 2. 
brazen-fisted (bra'zn-fis'ted), a. Having hard 
fists, as if of brass. 
brazenly (bra'zn-li), adv. In a brazen man- 
ner; boldly; impudently. 
brazenness (bra'zn-nes), . 1. Appearance 
like brass; brassiness. 2. Impudence ; excess 
of assurance. 
He had a sonorous bass voice, and an air of self-confi- 
dence Inclining to brazenness. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, ii. 1. 
brazier 1 (bra'zier), n. [Also brasier; < ME. 
brasiere, brusyere, a worker in brass, < bras, 
brass, + -i-cre, -y-ere, as in collier, etc. Cf. 
brain 1 .] An artificer who works in brass. 
brazier 2 (bra'zier), . [Also brasier; < F. bra- 
sier, a pan of" live coals, formerly bracier, "a 
burning coal, quickfire of coals, hot embers " 
Bronze Brazier made in 1675 by Pedro Cerdanyae for the Guildhall of 
Barcelona. (From " L* Art pour Tons.") 
(Cotgraye) (cf. braisiere, a camp-kettle), < 
braise, live coals: see braize 1 .] An open pan 
for burning charcoal, used especially for heat- 
ing rooms in southern and eastern countries, 
such as Italy, China, Japan, etc. 
Four nice-looking Japanese girls brought us thick cot- 
ton quilts to sit upon, and braziers full of burning char- 
coal, to warm ourselves by. 
Luili/ Brassey, Voyage of Sunbeam, II. xix. 
brazier 3 (bra'zier), n. [Anotherform of bruize'*, 
D. brnneiH, etc., bream: see bream 1 .] A name 
used on the northern coast of Ireland for the 
common sea-bream, Pagellus centrodontus. 
brazil (bra-7.il'), w. [Early mod. E. also brasil 
(with accent on the first syllable; cf. brassil, 
brkmel-cnck), < ME. brasil, bra.*yle = ODan. 
brasilie, Dan. brattilic(-tra!) = Norw. bresel, bri- 
sel, < OF. brrsil, mod. F. bresil = Pr. brexil. l>n-- 
zilh = Sp. OPg. brazil (> mod. It. brasile : ML. 
brasiliitm, braxile, bresillum, brisiltum. lirixin- 
fiim), orig. a red dyewood brought from the 
East. Origin uncertain ; perhaps, as Die/, sug- 
gests, < Pr. brezilliar (= F. breftillcr), break into 
fragments, crumble, < Itriza, a fragment, little 
667 
bit (= F. bris, a breaking open, a wreck, former- 
ly fragments, rubbish: see />n#> 2 , ., fcivr;c :l ). < 
l'in::ur F. briser, break : see bruise and di-lirin. 
The name would refer to the form in which the 
dyewood was imported. Now usually in comp. 
brazil-iriHxl, with direct reference to the eoiin- 
try Bruxil. The country, named .Vanta t'rw- l>y 
its (second) discoverer, Pedro Alvarez Cabral 
(1500), afterward received the name Brazil, it 
is said, from King Emmanuel of Portugal, on 
account of its producing red dyewood. The 
name had been long before applied to a sup- 
posed island in the Atlantic, perhaps by asso- 
ciatimi with Pliny's Iiitntlte I'urpurarm (lit. 
Purple Islands), sometimes supposed to refer 
to Madeira and Porto Santo.] If. A heavy dye- 
wood of the genus Ceesalpinia (<". .sviy///), im- 
ported from the East, now known as sappan- 
icood (which see). 
Him nedeth not his colour for to dien 
With brasil nc with grain of I'ortlngale. 
Chaucer, C. T. (ed. Tyrwhitt), 1. 15464. 
2. A very heavy dyewood, from Brazil and 
other parts of tropical America. The true brazil- 
iM"l is from the leguminous tree C(fsalpinia ecftimir,t. 
hut the name is also given to c. i*ltni,hnr<Me*. W I- 
known as peach-wood and lima-wood are said to be from 
the same species. The wood has a slightly aromatic odor 
and a bitter-sweet taste. To extract the coloring matter, 
the wood is finely ground, allowed to ferment in the air, 
and then toiled in copper cylinders with water. The ex- 
tract produces purple dyes with salts of Iron, and red with 
salts of alumina. Lakes used by decorators are also made 
from it, and common red ink is prepared by adding a little 
alum and acid to a decoction of It. Also spelled uratil. 
Are my bones brazil, or my flesh of oak ? 
U, mend what thou hast made, what I have broke. 
Qtiarles, Emblems, iii. 5. 
3. Sulphate of iron. [North. Eng.] 
brazil-cockt, [Also written brasil-cock, and 
corruptly brixxel-cock, brixsil-coek, with ref. to 
Brazil, representing America, the place of its 
origin.] A turkey. 
braziletto (braz-i-let'6), n. [Pg. brazilete, bra- 
zil-wood ; Sp. brasilete, F. bresillct, dim. of bragil, 
etc. : see brazil.] A wood resembling brazil- 
wood, obtained from the West Indies and parts 
of Central America, from species of Ccesalpinia, 
C. crista and C. pectinata, and the nearly allied 
Peltophorum l.imi/i i. It is used for dyeing and in 
cabinet-work. The bastard or false braziletto of the same 
region includes a number of different shrubs or trees, as 
Puramnia Antidemna, natural order Simambacea, the 
saxifragaceous Weiamannia pinnata, and the araliaceous 
Sriadoithyllitm fapitatum. 
Brazilian (bra-zil'ian), a. and n. I. a. [< lirazil 
(Pg. Brazil, Sp. Brasil, etc. : see brazil) + -tan.] 
Pertaining to Brazil, an empire and the largest 
country of South America : as, Brazilian produc- 
tions Brazilian balsam. See bal*a>n. Brazilian 
bean. See 6rai. Brazilian cocoa, guarana. Brazil- 
ian pebbles, lenses for spectacles ground from pure, 
colorless rock-crystal obtained from Brazil. Brazilian 
plait, in England, plait made of dried flag grass which is 
imported from the West Indies, and perhaps from South 
America. 
II. M. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil. 
brazilin, braziline (braz'i-lin), n. [< brazil 
+ -in 2 , -ine'* ; also written breziline, after F. 
bresiliiie.] A crystallizable coloring principle 
(Ci 6 H 14 O B ) obtained from brazil-wood. Also 
written brasilin, brasiline, breziline. 
Brazil-nut (bra-zil'nut), n. The seed of the 
fruit of Berthofletia eicelsa, a tree of the natu- 
ral order AfyrlacetF, a native of Guiana, Vene- 
zuela, and Brazil. The fruit is nearly round and 
about t) inches in diameter, having an extremely hard 
shell about i inch thick, and containing from 18 to 24 
breach 
brazing-tongs (iirrr/.iu^ ti'mgz), n. i>l. Tongs 
with broad flat jaw*, used in brazing. See 
' 
a, c 
Brazil-nut. 
ii. fruit of Bertkolletitt txcetsa ,' t, same with portion of shell 
removed ; c, a single nut on larger scale. 
triangular wrinkled seeds, which are so fitted together 
ithin the shell that when once disturl>ed It is impossible 
to replace them. When the fruita are ripe they fall from 
the tree and are collected by Indians. They are then split 
open with an ax, and the seeds are taken out and packed 
in baskets for transportation. Besides lieing used as an 
article of dessert, a bland oil, used by watchmakers and 
other*, is expressed from them. See Bertholletia. 
Brazil-root (bra-zil'rdt), n. A name sometimes 
i:i\en to the root of ipecacuanha. 
Brazil tea. Same as mate. 
Brazil wax. See ires. 
brazil-wood (bra-zil'wud), ii. Same as brazil. 
breach (breeh), M. [< (1)MK. lin i-ln: aiso. with- 
out assimilation, /</</.' (> mod. K. lirmk. n.. and 
dial, liri'il:-. <|. v.), also brekke (> mod. K. dial. 
In "/,-, q. V.), < AS. '. .-. found only 
in the Kcnse of 'a piece' (in eonip. /</-,<///, 
|iieeemcal, /i/i//-i/' ''/""'. u piece of bread), = 
OKries. bnh\ . in. 
and f., a break, breach, fracture, = Ml). /<//.. 
a break, breach, fracture, = MI.<;. Iml.i. n 
breach, violation ; the above forms being mixed 
with (L') ME. bruche, 'bryche, also, without as- 
sibilation, brykr, brike, a breach, violation, in- 
jury, ruin (> K. dial, brick 1 , a flaw, Sc. brick, 
a breach, a division of land), < AS. bryce, brice 
(=OHG. brtih, MHG. (i. hrnch), m., a breaking, 
breach, fracture, violation, fragment, piece 
(cf. MD. breucke, D. breuk, t., a breaking, frac- 
ture, rupture, crime, fine, = G. briiche, t., a 
crime, fine) ; cf . (3) E. dial, brock, AS. tjebroc, 
neut., = 1). brok, m., = OHG. brocco, MHG. 
brocke, G. brocke, bracken, m., = Goth, gabruka, 
t., a fragment, piece, bit (see brock*) ; and (4) 
several other closely related noun forms (see 
brack 1 , brake 1 , etc.); < breean (pret. breec, pp. 
brocen), break. Breach is thus a deriv. of break, 
related, in present though not in orig. form, to 
break as speech is to speak. Hence (from ME. or 
MLG.) OF. MF. breche, breselie, mod. F. breche, 
a breach, gap, break, injury, > Sp. Pg. brecha, 
a breach, = It. breccia, formerly also brecchia, 
a breach, a gap, a rupture. = G. bresche, a 
breach in a wall, etc. The It. breccia, gravel, 
now technically breccia, = F. breche, breccia, 
is closely related, but may be taken from the 
G. : see breccia. See break, n., breck 2 , brcck, 
brick 1 , brack 1 , brake's, related to and in part 
identical with breach; see also brick?.] 1. 
The act of breaking : now used only figuratively 
of the violation or neglect of a law, contract, or 
any other obligation, or of a custom. 
A custom 
.More honour'd in the breach, than the observance. 
Shak., Hamlet, I. 4. 
The deadliest sin her mind could reach 
Was of monastic rule the breach. 
Sent!, Mannlon, ii. ;;. 
2. An opening made by breaking down a por- 
tion of a solid body, as a wall, a dike, or a 
river-bank ; a rupture ; a break ; a gap. 
Could make old Trent, 
Drunk with my sorrow, to start out in breaches, 
To drown their herds, their cattle, and their corn. 
/;. Joiumn, Sad Shepherd, L 2. 
Thou hast made the earth to tremble ; thou hast broken 
it; heal the breaches thereof. IN. Ix. i 
He then led his men to the assault, taking charge him- 
self of those who were to storm the breach. 
Prescott, Kerd. and Isa., it 11. 
3f. A break or interruption in utterance. 
And all her sister N'yinphes with one consent 
Hupplide her sobbing breaches with sad complement. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. Iv. 35. 
4. A rupture of friendly relations ; difference ; 
quarrel. 
There's fallen between him and my lord 
An unkind breach. Shak., Othello, IT. 1. 
5. Infraction ; violation ; infringement : as, a 
breach of the peace, of a promise, or of a con- 
tract. 
This breach upon kingly power was without precedent. 
Clarendon. 
It is no breach of charity to call these fools. 
Sir T. Browne, Keligio Medici, ii. 1. 
The first steps in the breach of a man's integrity are 
much more important than men are aware of. 
Strele, Spectator, No. 448. 
6. Injury; wound; bruise. 
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. 
Lev. xxiv. 30. 
7. The breaking of waves ; the dashing of surf. 
Some hour l>efore you took me from the breach of the 
sea was my sister drowned. Shak.. T. N., U. 1. 
We scudded with frightful velocity !>efore the sea, and 
the water made clear breaches over us. /'**, Tales, I. 154. 
Breach of arrest, a military offense committed by an 
officer in arrest who leaves his quarters or limits without 
authority from hi-s superior officer. It is punishable hy 
cashiering. Breach of arrestment, in .*<>' late, an act 
of contempt of legal authority committed by an nrrestee 
disregarding the arrestment used In his hands, and paying 
the sum or delivering the i:.l.- united to the common 
ileMor. Breach Of Close, in lair, an uiiwarrant.-ii 
try on another's land. Breach of covenant. :i violation 
of a covenant contained in a deed either to door refrain 
from doing a direct act.- Breach of duty, the failure to 
i M rule any ottiee. eniplojmi lit, tn^t. etc.. ill a proper 
manner. Breach of promise, .1 violation of ones word 
or undertaking ; non -fiimlmciit "f what one had agreed to 
do: often used alolutely for breach of pruinUi- of mar- 
riage. Breach of the peace, a violation of the public 
