3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.
Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
Bra"zen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening.] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through.
Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
W. Black.
Bra"zen-browed` (&?;), a. Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.
Bra"zen*face` (&?;), n. An impudent or shameless person. "Well said, brazenface; hold it out." Shak.
Bra"zen*faced` (&?;), a. Impudent; shameless.
Bra"zen*ly (&?;), adv. In a bold, impudent manner.
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Bra"zen*ness (br"z'n*ns), n. The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson.
Bra"zier (br"zhr), n. Same as Brasier.
||Braz`i*let"to (&?;), n. [Cf. Pg. & Sp. brasilete, It. brasiletto.] See Brazil wood.
Bra*zil"ian (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Brazil. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.
Brazilian pebble. See Pebble, n., 2.
Braz"i*lin (&?;), n. [Cf. F. brésiline. See Brazil.] (Chem.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies. [Written also brezilin.]
Bra*zil" nut` (&?;). (Bot.) An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
Bra*zil" wood` (&?;). [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. Braze, Brasier); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood.]
1. The wood of the oriental Cæsalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Cæsalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.
Breach (&?;), n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. bræk, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See Break, and cf. Brake (the instrument), Brack a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
Shak.