brother 
696 
brouse 
all members of a particular race, or of the hu- under brother.-] Abrother on both the father's Brotulinae (brot-u-h ne) ^. [NL.,< Brotula 
ZJTSeeln general, as regards each other. and the mother's side ; a full brother. + -.*.] A subfamily of brotuloid fishes typi- 
a he was her father's brother [that brotherheadt (bruTH'er-hed), n. [< ME. bro- fled, by the genus Brotula, to winch different 
Jacob told l xxix l" the rlied var of brotherhod.~\ See brotherhood, limits have been assigned. 
hren everywhere, that brotherhood (bruTH'er-hud; ),[< MB. brother- brotulmejbrot^-lin), n. and . I. , A fish 
Let us send abroad imto o 
are left in all the land of Israel. 1 Chron. xiii. 2. 
Of whom such massacre 
Make they, but of their brethren; men of men? 
Milton, P. L., xi. 680. 
3. One of two or more men closely united with- 
out regard to personal kinship, as by a common 
interest ; an associate ; one of the same rank, 
profession, occupation ; or belief, especially in 
law, religion, or organized charity. 
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; 
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me 
Shall be my brother. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 3. 
4. Specifically, as a translation of. friar, a mem- 
ber of a mendicant order. 
Going to find a barefoot brother out, 
One of our order. Shak., R. and J., v. 2. 
6. In the plural form brethren, the designation 
of several Christian organizations, derived from 
the fact that the title was used by the primitive 
Christians in speaking of themselves ; specifi- 
cally, a sect of German Baptists, more popularly 
known as Dunkers. 6. A member of a reli- 
hod (usually brotherhed, E. brotherhead) ; < 
brother + -hood.'] 1. The fact or condition of 
being a brother. 
My brother kill'd no man, his fault was thought, 
And yet his punishment was bitter death. 
Who sued to me for him ? . . . 
Who spoke of brotherhood? Shak., Rich, III., it 1. 
2. The quality of being brotherly. 
And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood. 
Shak., Hen. V., 11. 1. 
3. An association of men for any purpose ; a 
fraternity. 
The church was a brotherhood ; no other relation so 
aptly distinguished the spirit of union and self-sacrifice 
which it was designed should belong to it. 
Q. P. Fisher, Begin, of Christianity, p. 649. 
4. A class of individuals of the same kind, B ro t u l op his (bro-tu'lo-fis), n. 
profession, or occupation. 
The brotherhood of Christendom. 
Burke, A Regicide Peace, ii. 
The gloom 
gious congregation whose members do not re- brother . in .i aw (bruTH'er-in-la"), . [< ME. 
,...\\-., tha YYiMaafltfWA/1 KM* AiHtAtM ttlPTnaplvPS tn " AVW " ***"* \ _*>_ ,-^-rx 
ceive the priesthood, but devote themselves to 
teaching or good works; also, a lay member 
of a community having priests. 7. Figura- 
tively, one who resembles another in manners 
or disposition. 
He also that is slothful ill his work is brother to him 
brother in lawe, brodyr yn lawe, etc., after OF. 
frere en lay [lot], ML. frater in lege.~\ The 
brother of one's husband or wife; also, one's 
sister's husband. For some purposes, but not all, the 
legal incidents of the affinity cease on the death of the one 
of the subfamily Brotvlinte. 
H. a. Pertaining to or having the characters 
of the Brotulin<s or Brotulidw. 
brotuloid (brot'u-loid), n. and a. I. n. Same 
as brotulid. 
II. a. Pertaining to or having the characters 
of the Brotulidai. 
brotulophidid (brot-u-lof'i-did), n. A fish of 
the family Brotulophididie. 
Brotulophididae (brot"u-lo-fid'i-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Brotulopliis (-phid-) + -idee."] A family 
of Ophidioidea, represented by the genus Bro- 
tulopliis, and including ophidioids with subbra- 
chial (or thoracic) ventrals reduced to simple 
filaments, and the anus in the anterior half of 
the length. 
Brotulophis (bro-tu'lo-fis), n. [NL., < Brotula 
+ Gr. o0<f, a serpent.] The typical genus of 
the family Srotulophididte, having the aspect 
of Brotula, but still more elongate and snake- 
like, whence the name. 
>rotUS (bro'tus), n. [Cf. E. dial, brotts, frag- 
ments, leavings, droppings, nit. < AS. bredtan 
(pp. broten), break: see brift, brott."] Some- 
thing added gratuitously; an additional num- 
ber or quantity thrown in : same as lagniappe : 
used by negroes and others about Charleston, 
South Carolina. 
brouchant, a. Same as brochant. 
whose marriage formed the tie. --------- , 
that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. brotherless (bruTH'er-les), a. [< ME. "brother- broudt, browdt, ' ' [ME. brouden, browden, 
Often abbreviated bro., plural bros. les, < AS. brothorleds: see brother and -less.] etc., also brqiden, ,etc., variants of braiden^etc., 
[The plural form brethren is not now used in the sense of Without a brother. 
male children of the same parents, but only in the wider hrotherlineSS (bruTH'er-li-nes), . 
meanings of the word fcroWierj-Amyclasan brothers. " "VrTr v\: i +i-.i,. 
The state 
See '"Amyclamn.- Apostolic Brethren. See apostolic, or quality of being brotherly. 
n., l (c), and ApostoUne. Arval Brethren or Brothers, brother-lovet (bruTH'er-luv), n. Brotherly af- 
See aroaiv. Attidian Brethren. See Attidian. Bo- 
hemian 
Clerks 
clerical , ___ _ 
1376, devoted to education and labor, and not bound by 
perpetual vows. Thomas a Kempis belonged to it. It 
ie areru*. Atuoian jsretnren. nee mn.ou- lection. Oaaf, 
emian Bretnren. See Bohemian. Brethren and i, rn tv, pr iv (bruTH'er-li'l a 
lerks of the Common Life, a monastic fraternity, D JJ? er / y -}, ,,? ^"; 
erical and lay, originating in the Netherlands about < Ab. OloWortw. see brot 
fection. Shale. 
[< ME. *brotherly, 
brother and -ty 1 .] Per- 
taining to brothers; such as is natural for 
brothers ; becoming brothers ; kind ; affection- 
braid: see braid 1 , and cf. broid, braider.'] 1. 
To braid. 
Hire yolwe heer was branded [var. broyded, breided] in a 
tresse, 
Byhynde hire bak, a yerde long I gesse. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 191. 
2. To embroider. 
Whit was hire smok, and broivdid al byfore 
And eek behind on hire coler aboute 
Of cole-blak silk. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 62. 
brotherwort (bruTH'er-wert), n. An old name 
a. [ME.; origin obscure.] 
ren of Chelcic, followers of Peter Chelczicky, a Bohe- 
mian reformer of the fifteenth century. They were or- 
ganized into a separate community in 1457, and soon 
became known as Bohemian Brethren. Brethren Of 
the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic order, con- 
sisting chiefly of lay men, devoted to the education of the 
poor, founded in France in 1679, and now numerous in 
various parts of the world. Brethren of the Com- 
munity, one of the two parties into which the Fran- 
ciscans were divided in the beginning of the fourteenth 
century. Brethren of the Free Spirit, a sect which 
arose in the thirteenth century, pantheistic in doctrine, 
perfectionists in principle, and enthusiasts in practice. 
Brethren of the Holy Spirit, or Brethren of the 
Redemption of Captives, an order of monks in the 
o'f 'charity. ' V SeeS'ari(j/. Christian Brothers. See for the creeping thyme, Thymus Serpyllum. 
Christian!. Elder Brethren, the masters of Trinity hrothlyt. adv. See brathly. 
House, London, the corporation charged with the regula - -. . . 
tion and management of the lighthouses and buoys on 
the shores and rivers of England, with the licensing of 
pilots, and with a general supervision over the lighthouse 
boards of Scotland and Ireland, called respectively the 
Commissioners of Northern Lights and the Ballast Board 
of Dublin. Exclusive Brethren. See Plymouth Breth- 
ren, below. Full brothers. See .full. Plymouth 
Brethren, Plymouthites, a sect of Christians which 
first attracted notice at Plymouth, England, in 1830, but 
has since extended over Great Britain, the United States, 
and among the Protestants of France, Switzerland, Italy, 
etc. They recognize all as brethren who believe in Christ 
and the Holy Spirit as his vicar, but they have no for- 
mal creed, ecclesiastical organization, or official ministry, 
which they condemn as the causes of sectarian divisions. 
Also called Darbyites, after Mr. Darby, originally a 
barrister, subsequently a clergyman of the Church of 
England, and thereafter an evangelist not connected 
with any church, to whose efforts their origin and the 
diffusion of their principles are to be ascribed. In a 
narrower sense the Darbyites are a branch of the Ply- 
mouth Brethren, entitled Exclusive Brethren, on account 
of the strictness of their views and the exclusiveness of 
their communion. United Brethren, or Unity of 
Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), the official designation of 
the Bohemian Brethren and of their successors the Mo- 
ravian Brethren, or Moravians. 
brother (bruTH'er), a. Bearing a fraternal 
ate : as, brotherly love. =syn. Brotherly, Fraternal, broudert, browdert, > * Variants of broider. 
The former of these words expresses the more affection ; 
the latter is often more formal or official. 
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly 
love. 
Where'er you spy 
This browdered belt with characters, 'tis I. 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. 1. 
Rom. xii. 10". hrouderyt, A variant of broidery. 
state, broudingt, brOWdingt, . Embroidery. 
Harness . . . wrought so weel 
Of goldsmithrye, of bronzing, and of steel. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1640. 
With 
Will arrogate dominion undeserved 
Over his brethren. Milton, P. L., xii. 26. 
brotherlyt (bruTH'er-li), adv. After the man- 
ner of a brother ; kindly; affectionately. brouette (bro-ef), n. [F., a wheelbarrow, also. 
,,, , in contempt, a carriage, formerly also a sedan 
With these principles who knows but that at length he , . ..f '. TJ , P ' . harmirtie ~\ A 
might have come to take the Covenant, as others, whom chair; ult. <. ULi. Oirota . see Oaroucne.} A 
they Brotherly admitt, have don before him. small two-wheeled carnage. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, ix. hrough 1 (broch), n. [Also lirugh, a var. of 
burgh, burch, for borough: see borough^.] 1. 
A borough. 2. A fortified place. Compare 
brouglfi. [Scotch in both senses.] 
Shaggy; brough 2 (broch), n. [Also brugh, brogh, broch, 
and burg, burrow ; supposed to be a particular 
use of brought, burg, for bwoughl, a fortified 
place ; but in the sense of ' circle,' ' halo,' cf . bur- 
roM) 2 , M.,4.] 1. An ancient circular building or 
round tower such as exist in Scotland and the 
stiff. 
His berde was brothy and blake, that tille his brest rechede. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1090. 
brott (brot), n. [Appar. < Icel. brot, a broken 
piece, a fragment (cf. broti, trees felled and left 
lying), < brjota (= AS. bredtan, pp. 
- SPA 
. see 
ivtu i= .n.o. urcuMin, uu. muion,. adjacent islands. The Burg of Mousa is a circular 
ttrifi and of brot-aroiinrl brohit I building 41 feet high ; its walls, which are double, with a 
ant*-, antt Cl. VrOt-grOUna, OraiUS,} ....,,..",. between t .hpm. rtiminiah from 14 feet in 
1. Shaken corn. Brockett. [Prov. Eng.] 2. 
pi. Fragments; droppings; leavings. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
Jrotula (brot'u-la), n. [NL.] A genus of fishes, 
typical of the family Brotulida;, now restricted 
Brotula barbata. 
to B. barbata, a species found in the Caribbean 
sea. 
relation in a general sense; of the character b ro t'ulid (brot'u-lid), , A fish of the family brougham (bro'- 
nf n l .... .t l,. . .. . r, n i.... :!..... ~ ......;.,.... _- -. . ^ .-'.'. * mTi rtT hrnmV ti. 
vacant space between them, diminish from 14 feet in 
width at the base to 8 feet at the summit, and inclose a 
central area ; the door is 7 feet high. These structures 
are older than the Scandinavian invasions, and probably 
date almost from the bronze age. 
2. An encampment of a circular form; a ring 
fort. Also called Pecht's [Fid's] house or 
Pecht's castle. 3. In the game of curling, one 
of the two circles drawn around the tee. 4. 
A hazy circle around the sun or moon, con- 
sidered as a presage of a change of weather. 
[Scotch in all 
senses.] 
brought, An 
obsolete spell- 
ing of brow. 
of a brother : as, a brother man or magistrate. Brotulidce. Also called brotuloid. 
n removed and planted in a remote place close Brotulid* (bro-tu'li-de), n.pl. [NL., < Brotula 
+ -idle. ] A family of teleocephalous fishes, typi- 
fied by the genus Brotula, having various limits 
in different systems. Made by Gill a family of Ophi- 
dioidea, with jugular ventrals reduced to one or two 
rays, and the anus in the anterior half of the length. 
her long-style plant. " Darutin. 
brother (bruTH'er), j?. <. [< brother, .] 1. To 
consider or treat as a brother; address as a 
brother. -2. To relate as brothers ; make kin. 
am or brom), n. 
[After the first 
Lord Brough- 
am.'] A four- 
wheeled close 
Brougham. 
One Die, one Mintage, one Humanity ; every man the .,/,. 
kinsman of every other; mankind brothered in the one UrOtUllIia (biot-u-ll na), n. pi. 
mould of the Creative Word. 
G. D. Boardman, Creative Week, p. 198. 
brother-german (bruTH'er-jer'man), . [< 
brother + german^; cf. Sp. liermano, a brother, 
carriage, with one or two horses, and adapted 
v,.,. ...... to carrv either two or four persons. 
[NL., < Bro- brought (brot). Preterit and past participle of 
tula + -ina.] In Giinther's system of classi- bring. 
fication, the first group of Ophidiidte, having brouilleriet, See broilery. 
ventral fins developed and attached to the hu- broukt, v. t. An older form of brook*. 
meral arch. brouset, v. See bruise. 
