Definition of breast

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Breast (n.) The front of a furnace.

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Green-leek :: Green-leek (n.) An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..
Breastbone :: Breastbone (n.) The bone of the breast; the sternum.
Harle :: Harle (n.) The red-breasted merganser.
Teat :: Teat (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
Nuthatch :: Nuthatch (n.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American..
Brooch :: Brooch (n.) An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat..
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..
Heart-spoon :: Heart-spoon (n.) A part of the breastbone.
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body..
Down-share :: Down-share (n.) A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant..
Unbreast :: Unbreast (v. t.) To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom..
Present :: Present (a.) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another..
Pectorally :: Pectorally (adv.) As connected with the breast.
Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..
Honor :: Honor (n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors..
Polymastism :: Polymastism (n.) The condition of having more than two mammae, or breasts..
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