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- English Word Brigue Definition To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.
- English Word Brike Definition A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.
- English Word Brill Definition A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.
- English Word Brillance Definition Brilliancy.
- English Word Brillancy Definition The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.
- English Word Brillante Definition In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.
- English Word Brilliant Definition Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
- English Word Brilliant Definition Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
- English Word Brilliant Definition A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.
- English Word Brilliant Definition The smallest size of type used in England printing.
- English Word Brilliant Definition A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
- English Word Brilliantly Definition In a brilliant manner.
- English Word Brilliantness Definition Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
- English Word Brills Definition The hair on the eyelids of a horse.
- English Word Brim Definition The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
- English Word Brim Definition The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
- English Word Brim Definition The rim of a hat.
- English Word Brim Definition To be full to the brim.
- English Word Brim Definition To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
- English Word Brim Definition Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.