BPage 374
- English Word Bran Definition The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- English Word Bran Definition The European carrion crow.
- English Word Bran-new Definition See Brand-new.
- English Word Brancard Definition A litter on which a person may be carried.
- English Word Branch Definition A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.
- English Word Branch Definition Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.
- English Word Branch Definition Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
- English Word Branch Definition One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
- English Word Branch Definition A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.
- English Word Branch Definition A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.
- English Word Branch Definition Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.
- English Word Branch Definition To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
- English Word Branch Definition To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
- English Word Branch Definition To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.
- English Word Branch Definition To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
- English Word Branch pilot Definition A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.
- English Word Branched Definition of Branch
- English Word Brancher Definition That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
- English Word Brancher Definition A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.
- English Word Branchery Definition A system of branches.