Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic sand,
Amid the lists our hero takes his stand.
T. Warton.
3. A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes. Knight.
Bruise"wort` (&?;), n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
Bruit (&?;), n. [OE. bruit, brut, noise, bruit, F. bruit, fr. LL. brugitus; cf. L. rugire to roar; perh. influenced by the source of E. bray to make a harsh noise, Armor. brud bruit.] 1. Report; rumor; fame.
The bruit thereof will bring you many friends.
Shak.
2. [French pron. &?;.] (Med.) An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.
Bruit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruiting.] To report; to noise abroad.
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
Shak.
||Bru`maire" (&?;), n. [F., fr. L. bruma winter.] The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.
Bru"mal (&?;), a. [L. brumalis, fr. bruma winter: cf. F. brumal.] Of or pertaining to winter. "The brumal solstice." Sir T. Browne.
Brume (&?;), n. [F. brume winter season, mist, L. bruma winter.] Mist; fog; vapors. "The drifting brume." Longfellow.
Brum"ma*gem (&?;), a. [Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., "the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry," etc.] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.
Bru"mous (&?;), a. Foggy; misty.