brigandine 
coat of fence made of linen or leather upon 
which overlapping scales of steel were sewed. 
The plates of steel were generally quilted ln-ici-n to 
tluVklu-SM'S of ^tull'. Tile 1 .ri^aililirir U.I- ' -]' rially tile 
arinur of the infantry soldier, hut wag sometime! combined 
with plate- armor even in costly suits. 
Furbish the spears and put <m the brigandina. 
Jet. xlvi. 4. 
2f. A foot-soldier wearing a brigandine; a 
brigand. 
II. " . Made like a brigaudine ; of the nature 
of a brij*andino : as, a in</ '"'"<< garment. 
brigandine"t (brig'an-din), n. An old form of 
brttjantiitel. 
brigandish (brig 'an -dish), a. [< briganil + 
-4ftK] Like a brigand. 
We fancied that they [peasants near Naples] had a briit- 
<h look. C. D. Warner, Winter on tile -Nile, p. 20. 
brigantt (brig'ant), n. Same as brigand. 
brigantine 1 (brig'an-tin or -tin), n. [= D. bri- 
guntijii = G. briyantine = 8w. brigaiitin, < F. bri- 
gantin, < It. brigantino (ML. brigantinus), a brig- 
antine, orig. a roving or pirate vessel, < bri- 
gante, a pirate, brigand: see brigand, and cf. 
fcr7 2 and brigandine^.] 1. A small two-masted 
vessel, square-rigged on both masts, but with 
a fore-aiid-aft mainsail and the mainmast con- 
siderably longer than the foremast, it differ* 
from a hermaphrodite brig in having a square topsail and 
topgallantaall on the mainmast. This term is variously 
applied by mariners of different nations, but the above is 
its most generally accepted definition. 
Like as a warlike Brigandine, applyde 
To flght, layes forth her threatfull pikes afore. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos. 
2t. A robber. 3f. Robbery. 
brigantine 2 (brig'an-tin), n. Same as britjan- 
rfiwe 1 . 
brigbotet, " [A term in old law-books, repr. 
Als. bricgbot, prop, brycgbot, a contribution for 
bridge-repairing, < brycg, bridge, + bot, boot : 
see boot 1 .] A contribution for the repair of 
bridges, walls, and castles. 
briget, [ME.: see brigue.] Contention. 
Chaucer. 
bright 1 (brit), a. [< ME. bright, briht, etc., < 
AS. bryht, briht, transposed forms of the usual 
beorht = OS. berht, beraht = OHG. beraht, be- 
rcht, MHG. bcrht(in&. remaining only in proper 
names, Albrecht, Ruprccht, etc. ; frequently so 
used in AS. and LG.) = Icel. bjartr = Goth. 
bairhts, bright; prob., with old pp. suffix -t, < 
Teut. T/ "berh = Skt. / bhrdj, shine, perhaps 
= L. flag- in flagrare, flame, blaze, burn, 
Jtamma ('flagma), flame, =: Gr. Qteyitv, blaze, 
burn. Cf. black, bleak 1 .'] 1. Radiating or re- 
flecting light; filled with light; brilliant; shin- 
ing ; luminous ; sparkling : as, a bright sun. 
It were all one 
That I should love a bright particular star, 
And think to wed it, he is so above me. 
Shot., All's Well, i. 1. 
Candles were blazing at all the windows. The public 
places were as bright as at noonday. 
ilacaulay. Hist Eng., x. 
2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent, as 
liquors. 
From the brightest wines 
lie turn d abhorrent Thmnmii. 
S. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the 
eye; evident; clear. 
He must not proceed too swiftly, that he may with more 
ease ami brighter evidence . . . draw the learner oil. 
Watts, Improvement of the Mind. 
4. Resplendent, as with beauty ; splendid. 
Thy beauty appears, 
In its graces and airs. 
All '"';//.' as an angel new dropt from the sky. 
ParneU, Song. 
5. Illustrious; glorious: as, the brightest period 
of a kingdom. 
The brightest annals of a female reign. 
Cotton, Wonder* of the Peake. 
6. Having or marked by brilliant mental quali- 
ties; quick in wit; witty; clever; not dull: as, 
he is by no means bright; a bright remark; a 
bright book. 
If parts allmv tlicr, think how Bacon shined, 
The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 282. 
7. Sparkling in action or manner; animated 
or animating ; vivacious ; lively ; cheerful. 
Bo bright and jovial among your guests to-night. 
SAot., Macbeth, iii. 2. 
The golden-crowned thrush, . . . with the dullest of 
gold upon his crown, but the brightest of songs in his 
heart. The Century, XXXII. 2T. 
8. Favorable; pleasing; auspicious: as, & bright 
prospect. 
i;ive up tin- promise of l>ri : itit days that cast 
\ ,-n \oiir nation from afar. Bryant, Spain. 
9. In iHtiiitiiKj, luminous; glittering; full of 
light. A picture Is said to be bright when the light* so 
much prevail as to overcome the shadows, and are kept 
so clear ami distinct a* to produce an effect of brilliancy. 
10. \tiut.. alert; vigilant. 
Keep a bright lookout there forwards ! Cooper. 
-Syn. 1. (i lowing, lustrous, gleaming, radiant, effulgent 
6. Acute, intelligent, discerning. - 8. Promising, en- 
counmiiiL,'. 
bright 1 !, adr. [< ME. brightc, brigte, brihte, < 
briht, bright: see bright!, a.] Brightly. Chaucer. 
bright 1 (brit), n. [< ME. bright, brigt, < AS. 
byrhtu, birhtu (= OHG. berahti), t., beorht, 
neut., brightness, < beorlit, bright: soe bright^, 
a.] Brightness. 
Darkness we callo the nyght, 
And lith [light) also the bright. 
Tomieley Mysteries, p. 1. 
bright 1 * (brit),r. t. [< ME. brighten, brihten (with 
reg. inf. suffix -en), < AS. burhtan, be bright, 
geoerhtan, make bright (= OHG. giberehton = 
Goth, qabairhtjan, make bright), < beorht. 
bright. ] To make bright; brighten. 
bright 2 *, f. . See brite. 
bright-cut (brit'kut), a. Engraved or chased 
so as to show the brightness of the material as 
left by the tool ; not polished or colored, 
brighten (bri'tn), v. [< brighft + -en*. Cf. 
bright!, t 1 .] I. intrans. To grow bright or more 
bright; become less dark or gloomy: literally 
or figuratively. 
Like the sun emerging front a cloud, 
Her countenance brightens, and tier eye expands. 
Wordsworth, Laodamia. 
The great sweep of the Coliseum, with the blue sky 
brightening through it* upper tier of arches. 
Hatrthorne, Marble Faun, i. 
II. trails. 1. To make bright or brighter in 
any manner; shed light on; make to shine; 
increase the luster of. 
Her celestial eyes 
Adorn the world and brighten up the skies. l>rydei>. 
2. To dispel gloom from ; cheer ; make gay or 
cheerful: as, to brighten prospects. 
This makes Jack brighten up the room wherever he 
enters, and changes the severity of the company Into . . . 
gaiety and good humour. Steele, latler, No. 2011. 
3. To make illustrious or more distinguished ; 
heighten the splendor of; add luster to. 
The present queen would brighten her character if she 
would exert her authority to instil virtues into her people. 
Siri/t. 
4. To make acute or witty ; sharpen the facul- 
ties of. 5. To add brilliancy to the colors of 
(prints, etc.), by boiling them in a solution of 
soda. 
of bright - 
passes over 
the surface of the melted metal when lead 
containing silver is assayed on a cupel in a 
muffle. At the moment of the brightening, the assay, 
which had before been in rapid motion, becomes perfectly 
quiet. This occurs as soon as the last trace of lead has 
been absorbed by the cupel. 
2. In dyeing, same as blooming 1 , 2. 
bright-harnessed (brit'har'uest), a. Having 
bright armor. Milton. 
brighthoodt (brit'hnd), w. [ME. brighthod; < 
bright 1 + -hood.] Brightness. 
The heroes of my brighihode ar byrnande so bryghte. 
York Plays, p. 8. 
brightish (bri'tish), a. [< brighft + -ishi.] 
Somewhat bright, 
brightly (britOi), adv. [< ME. brihtly, briht- 
liche,<. AS. brihtlice, beorhtlice, < beorht, bright.] 
In a bright manner; splendidly; with luster; 
cheerfully. 
A substitute shines brightly as a king, 
Until a king be by. Shak., M. of V., v. I. 
And Enoch faced this morning of farewell 
Brightly and boldly. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
brightness (brit'nes), . [< ME. brightnes, 
brihtnesse, etc., < AS. beorhtnes (=OHG. beraht- 
ni.wi),< beorht + -nes : see bright 1 and -ness.] 1. 
The state or quality of being bright; splendor; 
luster; glitter: as, " the brightness of the sun," 
Acts xxvi. 13. 2. Acuteness of intellect or 
faculty; sharpness of wit. 
The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him. 
Prior. 
3. Cheer; cheerfulness. 
Vex'd with the present moment's heavy gloom, 
Why seek ye bnghtnat from the years to come T 
Prior, Solomon, ill. 
= Syn. 1. Brilliancy, effulgence. 8. Acumen, mother-wit, 
iniremiity. 
Bright's clause, disease. See clause, disease. 
brightsome (brit'sum), a. [< bright 1 + -some.] 
Very bright ; brilliant. 
brightening (brit'ning), n. [Verbal n. < 
en, t'.] 1. the flash of light which pas 
brilliance 
Out of my jewelry, choose thy choice of diamond*, 
'lill tliou tin. I vnui: as urightfome as thine eye*. 
Chapman, Bund Beggar. 
brightsomeness (brit' sum -nes), n. Great 
brightness ; brilliancy. 
The briyhttomenetM of the Uospol wai dimmed In be- 
coming stiorn of many of IU grace-working ordinances. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, II. 283. 
bright-work (brit'werk), n. JVauf., those metal 
objects about the decks of a vessel which are 
kept bright by polishing. 
Brigittine (brij i-tin), n. and a. [Also Bridget- 
tun, Itridgittinr, Jirigettine, etc., < Brigitta, Lat- 
inized form of Ir. Brighiil, E. Bridget, + -//. 1. 1 
1. n. 1. A member of an order of nuns and 
monks established by St. Brigitta (Bridget), a 
Swedish princess, about 1344, under the Augus- 
tinian rule. The nuns (who were much the more nu- 
merous) and monks dwelt in contiguous houses, under the 
temporal government of a prioress. Before the Refor- 
mation the order hail spread into many countries of Eu- 
rope ; and there are still a few homes of Brigittine nuns, 
Including one In F.nitland founded at a recent period by an 
English community that was transferred to Portugal in 
Queen Elizabeth's time. 
2. A member of a conventual order of virgins 
founded by St. Bridget of Ireland in the sixth 
century, which existed for several centuries in 
various parts of Europe. 
II. a. Pertaining to St. Brigitta or to the or- 
der founded by her: as, Brigittine indulgence, 
brignole (bre-nyol'), n. [F., < Brignoles, a 
town in the department of Var, France, cele- 
brated for its prunes. ] A variety of the com- 
mon plum furnishing tne dried fruits known as 
Provence prunes or French plums, 
brigoset (bri-gos'), a. [Early mod. E. also bri- 
gous; < ML. origosus (It. brigoso), < briga, con- 
tention: see brigue.'] Contentious. 
Very brigoae and severe. 
T. Puller, Moderation of the Church of Eng., p. 324. 
brigoust, n. See brigose. 
brig-schooner (brig'skB'ner), i. Same as her- 
maphrodite brig (wnich see, under brig%). 
briguet (breg), n. [F., a cabal, intrigue, etc., 
OF. brigue (> ME. brigr) = It. briga = Pg. briga 
= Sp. Pr. brcga (ML. briga), quarrel, conten- 
tionj strife, etc. Cf. brigand."} A cabal; an 
intrigue; a faction; contention. 
The politicks of the court, the briyues of the cardinals, 
the tricks of the conclave. Chesterfield. 
brignet (breg), r. i. [< F. briguer; from the 
noun: see brigue, .] To canvass; intrigue. 
Our adversaries, by briijuing and caballing, have caused 
so universal a defection from us. Suift, Tale of a Tub, i. 
I am too proud to briyue for admission. Bp. llurd. 
brike 1 t, n. A Middle English variant of brick 1 
and breach. 
Oenylon Oliver . . . 
Broughte this worthy king in swlch a brike. 
Chaucer, Monk's Tale, L 400. 
brike 2 t, n. A Middle English form of brick*. 
brill (bril), n. [Also written jirill, E. dial. 
jiearl; prob. < Corn, brilli, mackerel, contracted 
from brithelli, pi. of brilliel, a mackerel, lit. 
spotted, < brith, spotted, speckled, = W. brych, 
brcch=Ii. Gael, breac, speckled. Cf. Ir. Gael. 
breac, a trout, Manx brack, a trout, a mackerel. 
Fish-names are unstable.] A flatfish, Bothus 
or Rhombus larvis, of the family I'lcuntnectida. 
In its general form it resembles the turbot, but Is inferior 
to it in both size and quality. It has scales, but very 
small ones, and the dorsal and anal fins have more numer- 
ous rays than those of the turbot. It Is taken on many 
of the coasts of Europe, the principal part of the supply 
for the London market being from the southern coast of 
Knuland, where it is abundant. 
brillante (brel-lan'te), a. [It., = F. brillant: 
see brilliant.] In music, brilliant: noting a 
passage to be executed in a brilliant, dashing, 
showy, or spirited manner. 
brilliance, brilliancy ( bril'yans, -yan-si), n. [< 
brilliant: see -ance, -ancy.] 1. The quality of 
being brilliant; great brightness; splendor; 
luster: as, the brilliance of the diamond. 
Star 
The black earth with brilliance rare. 
Tennyson, Ode to Memory, it 
2. Figuratively, remarkable excellence or dis- 
tinction ; admirable or splendid quality or qual- 
ities ; absolutely, conspicuous mental ability or 
an exhibition of it. [in this sense brilliancy is 
more commonly used.] 
The author does not attempt to polish and brighten hU 
composition to the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy. 
Macaulay. 
When the circulation has been artificially exalted by 
stimulants, there is an easy and rapid current of thought*, 
showing lUelf In what we describe as unusual brilliancy. 
H. Spencer, Prln. of Psychol., f lot 
= Syn. E/ulgence, Luster, etc. See radiance. 
