Bri`o*lette" (?), n. [F.] An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.
Bri*quette" (?), n. [Also briquet.] [F., dim. of brique brick.] 1. A block of compacted coal dust, or peat, etc., for fuel.
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2. A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
||Bro`ché" (br`sh"), a. Stitched; -- said of a book with no cover or only a paper one.
||Bro`chette" (br`sht"), n. [F., dim. of broche. See Broach, n.] (Cookery) A small spit or skewer.
-- En bro`chette" (än) [F.], on a brochette; skewered.
{ Brock"en spec"ter or spec"tre (?) }. [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.
Bro"ken breast`. Abscess of the mammary gland.
Bro"ma*lin (?), n. [From Bromine.] (Pharm.) A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.
Brom`an"il (?), n. [Bromine + aniline.] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.
Bro"mide, n. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] -- Bro*mid"ic (#), a. [Slang]
The bromide conforms to everythyng sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.
Gelett Burgess.
{ Bromide, or Bromid, paper}. (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.
Bro*mid"i*om (?), n. [Bromide + idiom.] A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides. [Slang]
Bro`mo*gel"a*tin (?), a. [Bromine + gelatin.] (Photog.) Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
Bro`mo*i"o*dism (?), n. [Bromine + iodine + -ism.] (Med.) Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds.
Bro`mo*i"o*dized (?), a. (Photog.) Treated with bromides and iodides.
Bro"mol (?), n. [Abbr. fr. tribromophenol.] (Pharm.) A crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol, C6H2Br3OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
Bron"to*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?; thunder + -graph.] (Meteor.) (a) A tracing or chart showing the phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. (b) An instrument for making such tracings, as a recording brontometer.
Bron*tom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; thunder + -meter.] (Meteor.) An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms.
Bronze steel. A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns.
Brown race. The Malay or Polynesian race; -- loosely so called.
Brush, n. In Australia, a dense growth of vegetation in good soil, including shrubs and trees, mostly small.
Buc"can (?), n. [F. boucan. See Buccaneer.] 1. A wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meat over fire.