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Definition of british
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British
(n. pl.)
People
of Great
Britain.
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Kohnur
::
Kohnur
(n.) A
famous
diamond,
surrendered
to the
British
crown on the
annexation
of the
Punjab.
According
to
Hindoo
legends,
it was found in a
Golconda
mine, and has been the
property
of
various
Hindoo
and
Persian
rulers..
Channel
::
Channel
(n.) A
strait,
or
narrow
sea,
between
two
portions
of
lands;
as, the
British
Channel..
Plimsoll''s Mark
::
Plimsoll's
mark () A mark
conspicuously
painted
on the port side of all
British
sea-going
merchant
vessels,
to
indicate
the limit of
submergence
allowed
by law; -- so
called
from
Samuel
Plimsoll,
by whose
efforts
the act of
Parliament
to
prevent
overloading
was
procured..
Pouch-shell
::
Pouch-shell
(n.) A small
British
and
American
pond snail
(Bulinus
hypnorum).
Busby
::
Busby (n.) A
military
headdress
or cap, used in the
British
army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the
facings
of the
regiment,
hanging
from the top over the right
shoulder..
Hansard
::
Hansard
(n.) An
official
report
of
proceedings
in the
British
Parliament;
-- so
called
from the name of the
publishers.
Thug
::
Thug (n.) One of an
association
of
robbers
and
murderers
in India who
practiced
murder
by
stealthy
approaches,
and from
religious
motives.
They have been
nearly
exterminated
by the
British
government..
Mew
::
Mew (n.) A gull, esp. the
common
British
species
(Larus
canus);
called
also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and
cobb..
Swabber
::
Swabber
(n.)
Formerly,
an
interior
officer
on board of
British
ships of war, whose
business
it was to see that the ship was kept
clean..
Bretwalda
::
Bretwalda
(n.) The
official
title
applied
to that one of the
Anglo-Saxon
chieftains
who was
chosen
by the other
chiefs
to lead them in their
warfare
against
the
British
tribes.
Rix-dollar
::
Rix-dollar
(n.) A name given to
several
different
silver
coins of
Denmark,
Holland,
Sweden,,
NOrway,
etc.,
varying
in value from about 30 cents to
$1.10;
also, a
British
coin worth about 36
cents,
used in
Ceylon
and at the Cape of Good Hope. See
Rigsdaler,
Riksdaler,
and
Rixdaler..
Greencloth
::
Greencloth
(n.) A board or court of
justice
formerly
held in the
counting
house of the
British
sovereign's
household,
composed
of the lord
steward
and his
officers,
and
having
cognizance
of
matters
of
justice
in the
household,
with power to
correct
offenders
and keep the peace
within
the verge of the
palace,
which
extends
two
hundred
yards
beyond
the
gates..
Shrapnel
::
Shrapnel
(a.)
Applied
as an
appellation
to a kind of shell
invented
by Gen. H.
Shrapnel
of the
British
army.
Budget
::
Budget
(n.) The
annual
financial
statement
which the
British
chancellor
of the
exchequer
makes in the House of
Commons.
It
comprehends
a
general
view of the
finances
of the
country,
with the
proposed
plan of
taxation
for the
ensuing
year. The term is
sometimes
applied
to a
similar
statement
in other
countries..
Pelagian
::
Pelagian
(n.) A
follower
of
Pelagius,
a
British
monk, born in the later part of the 4th
century,
who
denied
the
doctrines
of
hereditary
sin, of the
connection
between
sin and
death,
and of
conversion
through
grace..
Britannic
::
Britannic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to Great
Britain;
British;
as, her
Britannic
Majesty..
Knight Marshal
::
Knight
marshal
() An
officer
in the
household
of the
British
sovereign,
who has
cognizance
of
transgressions
within
the royal
household
and
verge,
and of
contracts
made
there,
a
member
of the
household
being one of the
parties..
Indobriton
::
IndoBriton
(n.) A
person
born in
India,
of mixed
Indian
and
British
blood;
a
half-caste..
Bombardier
::
Bombardier
(n.) A
noncommissioned
officer
in the
British
artillery.
Residency
::
Residency
(n.) A
political
agency
at a
native
court in
British
India,
held by an
officer
styled
the
Resident;
also, a Dutch
commercial
colony
or
province
in the East
Indies..
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