Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: BRING'ING-FORTH – BRI-TAN'NIA
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BRING'ING-FORTH, n.
Production. – Shak.
BRI'NISH, a. [from brine.]
Like brine; salt; somewhat salt; saltish.
BRI'NISH-NESS, n.
Saltness; the quality of being saltish.
BRINK, n. [Dan. and Sw. brink; W. bryncyn; Ir. breoch, bruach; from break.]
The edge, margin or border of a steep place, as of a precipice, or the bank of a river.
BRI'NY, a. [from brine.]
Pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood. – Dryden. Addison.
BRISK, a. [This word may be of the same family with frisk and fresh, which see. W. brysg, from brys, quick; brysiaw, to hasten, coinciding with press; from W. rhys, a rushing. See Rush.]
- Lively; active; nimble; gay; sprightly, vivacious; applied to animals; as, a brisk young man; a brisk horse.
- Full of spirit or life; effervescing, as liquors; as, brisk cider.
- Lively; burning freely; as, a brisk fire.
BRISK, or BRISK-UP, v.t.
To make lively; to enliven; to animate.
BRISK'ET, n. [Qu. Fr. brechet.]
The breast of an animal; or that part of the breast that lies next to the ribs. The fore part of the neck of a horse, at the shoulder down to the fore legs. – Bailey.
BRISK'-LOOK-ING, a.
Having a lively look.
BRISK'LY, adv.
Actively; vigorously; with life and spirit. – Boyle. Ray.
BRISK'NESS, n.
Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence of liquors. – South. Dryden.
BRISK-UP, v.i.
To come up with life and speed; to take an erect, or bold attitude.
BRIS'TLE, n. [bris'l; Sax. bristl, and byrst; Sw. borst; D. borstel, a bristle, a brush; G. borste, bristle; borsten, to bristle up; Dan. bryster, to strut. The sense is, a shoot.]
- The stiff glossy hair of swine, especially that growing on the back, used for making brushes; similar hair on other animals.
- A species of pubescence on plants, in form of stiff roundish hair. – Martyn.
BRISTLE, v.i.
- To rise or stand erect; as, the hair bristles. – Dryden.
- To raise the head and strut, as in anger or defiance; as, a man bristles up to another. In this sense the word is common in the United States, but generally pronounced brustle.
BRIS'TLE, v.t.
- To erect in bristles; to erect in defiance or anger, like a swine; as, to bristle the crest. – Shak.
- To fix a bristle; as, to bristle a thread. – Johnson.
BRIS'TLE-ARM-ED, a.
Armed with bristles. – Kirby.
Having bristles. – Kirby.
BRIS'TLE-LIKE, a.
Stiff as a bristle.
BRIS'TLE-SHAP-ED, a. [bristle and shape.]
Of the thickness and length of a bristle, as a leaf. – Martyn.
BRIST'LY, a. [bris'ly.]
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs like bristles; rough. – Bacon.
BRIS'TOL-FLOW-ER, n.
A species of Lychnis, bachelor's button or catch fly. – Fam. of Plants.
BRIS'TOL-STONE, n.
Rock crystal or crystals of quartz, found in a rock near the city of Bristol in England.
BRIS'TOL-WA-TER, n.
The water of a warm spring near the city of Bristol in England. – Ash. Encyc.
BRIT, n.
A fish; probably a different orthography of bret, or burt. – Carew.
BRI-TAN'NIA, n.
A composition of lead and some other metal, as antimony or bismuth.