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Brazen :: Brazen (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance..

Brasses :: Brasses (pl. ) of Bras.

Brassicaceous :: Brassicaceous (a.) Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family..

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Chalcography :: Chalcography (n.) The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing..

Similor :: Similor (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color..

Curd :: Curd (n.) The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight..

Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos

Aventurine :: Aventurine (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass..

Brazen :: Brazen (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass..

Navew :: Navew (n.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica..

Brassy :: Brassy (a.) Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass..

Caldron :: Caldron (n.) A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.].

Broccoli :: Broccoli (n.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The curd, or flowering head, is the part used for food..

Pin :: Pin (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc..

Brassets :: Brassets (n.) See Brassart.

Tombac :: Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac..

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..

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