Boyle's" law` (&?;). See under Law.
||Bo"za (&?;), n. [See Bosa.] An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. [Written also bosa, bozah, bouza.]
Bra*bant"ine (&?;), a. Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.
Brab"ble (&?;), v. i. [D. brabbelen to talk confusedly. &?;95. Cf. Blab, Babble.] To clamor; to contest noisily. [R.]
Brab"ble, n. A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
This petty brabble will undo us all.
Shak.
Brab"ble*ment (&?;), n. A brabble. [R.] Holland.
Brab"bler (&?;), n. A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. [R] Shak.
Brac"cate (&?;), a. [L. bracatus wearing breeches, fr. bracae breeches.] (Zoöl.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.
Brace (&?;), n. [OF. brace, brasse, the two arms, embrace, fathom, F. brasse fathom, fr. L. bracchia the arms (stretched out), pl. of bracchium arm; cf. Gr. &?;.] 1. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
2. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.
Derham.