Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: BRAVE'LY – BRAYLE
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BRAVE'LY, adv.
Courageously; gallantly; splendidly; in a brave manner; heroically. In Spenser, finely; gaudily.
BRAV'ER, a. [comp. of Brave.]
BRAVE'RY, n.
- Courage; heroism; undaunted spirit; intrepidity; gallantry; fearlessness of danger; often united with generosity or dignity of mind which despises meanness and cruelty, and disdains to take advantage of a vanquished enemy. The duelist, in proving his bravery, shows that he thinks it suspected. – Anon.
- Splendor; magnificence; showy appearance. The bravery of their tinkling ornaments. – Is. iii. Spenser.
- Show; ostentation; fine dress. – Bacon.
- Bravado; boast. – Bacon. Sidney.
- A showy person. – Spenser. [In the last four senses, this word is nearly antiquated.]
BRAV'EST, a. [superl. of Brave.]
BRAV'ING, ppr.
Setting at defiance; challenging.
BRA'VO, n. [It. and Sp.]
- A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; an assassin or murderer. – Gov. of the Tongue.
- Well done.
BRA-VU'RA, n. [Sp. A boasting.]
A song requiring great force or ability.
BRAWL, n. [Norm. braul.]
- Noise; quarrel; scurrility; uproar. – Hooker.
- Formerly a kind of dance. – Shak. B. Jonson. Gray.
BRAWL, v.i. [G. brüllen; D. brullen; Dan. vraaler and bröler; Sw. vrala, to roar or bellow; Fr. brailler; Arm. brailhat, to brawl or be noisy; L. prælior; W. broliaw, to boast, to brag; brawl, a shooting out, a boast.]
- To quarrel noisily and indecently. – Watts.
- To speak loud and indecently. – Shak.
- To roar as water; to make a noise. – Shak.
BRAWL, v.t.
To drive or beat away. – Shak.
BRAWL'ER, n.
A noisy fellow; a wrangler. – Ayliffe.
BRAWL'ING, n.
The act of quarreling.
BRAWL'ING-LY, adv.
In a quarrelsome manner. – Huloet.
BRAWN, n. [L. aprugnus, caro aprugna.]
- The flesh of a boar, or the animal.
- The fleshy, protuberant, muscular part of the body. – Peacham.
- Bulk; muscular strength. – Dryden.
- The arm, from its muscles or strength. – Shak.
BRAWN'ED, a.
Brawny; strong. – Spenser.
BRAWN'ER, n.
A boar killed for the table. – Johnson. King.
BRAWN'I-NESS, n.
The quality of being brawny; strength; hardiness. – Locke.
BRAWN'Y, a.
Musculous; fleshy; bulky; having large strong muscles; strong. – Dryden.
BRAY, n.1
- The harsh sound or roar of an ass; a harsh grating sound.
- Shelving ground. – Fairfax.
BRAY, n.2 [W. bre, a mount or peak.]
A bank or mound of earth. [Obs.] – Herbert.
BRAY, v.t. [Sax. bracan; Fr. broyer, to pound or bruise; braire, to roar, or bray as an ass; Arm. bregui, to roar; Norm. brair, to cry, to brag; Gr. βραχω; W. briwaw, to break in pieces, to rub or grind; breyan, a quern; Ir. bra, a handmill. See Brag and Break.]
- To pound, beat, or grind small; as, to bray a fool in a mortar. – Prov. xxvii.
- v. i. To make a harsh sound, as of an ass. – Dryden.
- To make a harsh, disagreeable grating sound. – Milton.
BRAY'ER, n.
- One that brays like an ass. – Pope.
- An instrument to temper ink in printing-offices. – Bailey. Johnson.
BRAY'ING, n.
Roar; noise; clamor. – Smith.
BRAY'ING, ppr.
Pounding or grinding small; roaring.
BRAYLE, n. [See Brail.]