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Show reft; it is therefore likely, that a Brile originally fignified amon us, a fhar of any thing unjuftly got.] A rewar given to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the condu& You have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella For taking bribes here of the Sardians. - Shakefp Nor lefs may Jupiter to gold afcribe ‘When he turn'd himfelf into a dribe Waller If a man be covetous, profits or Aribes may pu him to the teft L'Eftrange There 's joy when to wild will you laws prefcribe _When yau bid fortune carry back her éribe. Dryd Yo Br1BE @, 2 [from the noun. 1. To gain by bribes ; to give bribes, re- wards, or hire, to bad purpofes The great, *tis true, can fill th' eleting tribe The bard may fupplicate, but cannot bribe BR BR Prologue to Good-natured Man 2. It is feldom, and not properly, ufed i a good fenfe How pow'rful are chafte vows ! the wind and tid ¥ou brib'd to combat on the Englith fide. Dryd BRrI'BER. n [ [from &ride. pays for gorrupt practices One tha Affef¥ion is ftill a briber of the judgment; an it is hard for a man to admit a reafon againft th thing he loves; or to confefs the force of a axgument againft an intereft South BrI'BERY. 7 /. [from éribe.] The crim of taking or giving rewards for ba practices There was a law made by the Romans againf the bribery and extortion of the governours of provinces: before, fays Cicero, the governours di bribe and extort as much as was fufficient fo themfelves; but now they. bribe and extort a "nuch as may be enough not only for themfelves but for judges, jurors, and magiftrates Bacon No bribery of courts, or cabals of fa&ions, o adveatages of fortune, can remove him from th folid foundations of honour and fidelity. Dryden BRICK. #. /. [brick, Dutch; brigue, Fr -according to Menage, from imbrex, Lat whence brica. 1. A mafs of burnt clay, fquared for th ufe of builders earths and on gravel charges of their fearch Addifon But fpread, my fons, your glory thin or thick On paflive paper, or on folid rick Pope 2. A loaf fhaped like a brick 70 Brick. . a. [from the noun.] To la with bricks The fexton comes to know where he is to b Taid, and whether his graveis to be plain or &ricked Saift Bri'ckBAT. 7. /. [from brick and bat. A piece of brick Earthen bottles, filled with hot water d pro voke in bed a fweat more daintily than Grickbat hot Bacon Bri'ckcray. n /. [from brick and clay.] Clay ufed for making brick T obferved it in pits wrought for tile and drick . tlay Woodavard Bri'ckpusrt. u. [ [from brick and dup. Duft made by pounding bricks This inggnious author, being thus fharp fet, go together a convenient quantity of brickduft, an difpofed of it into feveral papers Spetator Bri‘ckearTH earth, 7 /. {fro éric and Earthufed in making bricks And fummon him to marriage Br1‘CKLAYER. # /. [from brick and lay. A man whofe trade is to build wit Bri‘DEMEN } n. /o 'The attendants o Bri'pEmarps. § the bride an brige The elder of them, being put to nurfe And ignorant of his birth and parentage Became a bricklayer when he came to age. Shakefp If you had liv'd, Sir Time enough to have been interprete To Babel's bricklayers, fure the tow'r had frood groom Br1i'DESTAKE. ./ [fro bride andflah. It feems to be a poft fet in the ground to dance round, like a maypole Round about the bridefiake Ben Sonfon Donne Bri'ck-MAKER. 7 /. [from brick an One whofe trade it is to mak make. bricks They are commo Bri'pavr adj BRUDEWELL [from bride. Wodward He would contribute more to reformation tha all the workhoufes and Bridezvells in Europe Spettator Belongin to a wedding ; nuptial ; connubial Our wedding cheer to a fad fun'ral feaft Our folemn hymns to fullen dirges change Our bridal flowers ferve for a buried corfe. Shak Come, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber BRIDGE. #. /. [bnc, Saxon. 1. A building raifed over water for th convenience of paflage Shake[peare The amorous bird of nigh Sung fpoufal, and bid hafte the ev'ning ftar On his hill-top to light the bridal lamp. = Miltan Your ill-meaning politician lords Under pretence of bridal friends and guefts Milton Appointed to await me thirty fpies ‘When to my arms thou brought'ft thy virgin love, Fair angels fung our bridal hymn above. Dryden With all the pomp of woe, and forrow's pride! Oh early loft | oh fitter to be le In chearful fplendour to the bridal bed W'a///). For her the fpoufe prepares the bridal ring For her white virgins hymenzals fing Bri‘par z./ Pope The nuptial feftival As fits the bridal Shakelpeare's Otbello. Sweet day, {o cool, (o calm, fo bright ‘The bridal of the earth and fky What need the bridge much broader than th flood Shakefpare And proud Araxes, whom no bridge could bind I Dryden 2. The upper part of the nofe The raifing gently the bridge of the nofe, dot preven the deformity of a fadéle nofe Bacon 3. The fupporter of the ftrings in ftringe infiruments of mufick 7o Br1pGE. @. 4. [from the noun.] T raife a bridge over any place Came to the fea ; and over Hellefpon Bridging his way, Europe with Afia join'd. Miltsz { BRUDLE. 2./. [bride, Fr. Nay, we muft think men are not gods Nor of them look for fuch obfervance always # /. [The palace buij by St. Bride's, or Bridgets avell, w turned into a workhoufe.] A houfe o corre&tion in claypits; but the brick makers pick them out of the clay Sbakejlm;, Why, happy bridegroom ‘Why doft thou fteal fo foon awa to bed ?Drydm bricks ; a brick-mafon They generally gain erough by the rubbifh an bricks, which the prefent archite&s value muc to defray ‘th eep into.the dreaming bridegro m's ea; tiplied the more for their oppreffion. Decay of Picty BRIDE. #z. /. [bnyd, Saxon ; éradur, i Runick, fignifies a heautifal woman, thofe of a modern make As are thofe dulcet founds in brea o da That c Like the Ifraclites in the brick-kilns, they n:lul For whatfoever doth fo alter a body, as it re beyon ROOM. # [ [from Brig a c groom.] A new married man, l 4 a i b r [ / L BrIck-K A kiln ; a place to burn bricks Sweet dews fhall weep thy fall to-night For thou muft dié Herbert In death's dark bow'rs our &ridals we will keep And his cold han Shall draw the curtain when we go to fleep. Dryd turneth not again to that it was, may be calle alteratio major5 as coals made of wood, or brick of earth Bacon bridecake, which he placed ver conveniently unde his pillow S e t tar Br1'DE ki b l z h t o t b They grow very wel ortimer 1. The headftall and reins by which a harf is reftrained and governed They feiz'd at laf His courfer's bridle, and his feet embrac'ds Dryd 2. A reftraint a curb a check The king refolved to put that place, which fom men fancied to be a 4rid/e upon the city, into th hands of fuch a man as he might rely upon Clarendan A bright genius often betrays itfelf into man errours, without a continual brid/e on the tongue Watts A woman new martried 70 Br1'pLE Help me mine own love's praifes to refound Ne let the fame of any be envy'd So Orpheus did for his own bride Spenfer The day approach'd, when fortune fhould decid Th' important enterprize, and give the &ride Drydes Thefe are tributes due from pions brides 1. To reftrain, or guide by a bridle Fro a chafte matron, and a virtuous wife, Smith Bri'pEBED. 7 /L [from bride and bed. Marriage-bed Now until the break of day Through this houfe each fairy ftray ‘To the beft bridebed will we Which by us fhall blefled be I bridle in my ftruggling mufe with pain That longs to launch into 2 boldcl: frain. Addifon 2. To put a bridle on any thing The queen of beauty ftopp'd her bridled doves Approv'd the little labour of the Loves Pri 3. To refirain ; to govern The difpofition of things is committed to them whom law may at all times ‘éridle, and fuperion power controul Haoker With a ftrong, and yet a gentle hand You bridle fa&ion, and ourhearts command. #aller Shakefpeare Would David's fon, religious, juft, and brave To the firft bridebed of the world receiv A foreigner, a heathen, and a flave Prioy BrI'DECAKE. 7 /. [from &ride and cafe. A cake diftributed to the guefts at th wedding With the phant'fies of hey-troll a h t u l h T 7 w E 7o BR1'D BriDLEHAND. # /. [from bridle an th l h i w n h h ‘ hand. n d r i l i b li b th v e r p g m o In ‘the turning indeed, fogentli bu f l n g i t m f n h as it did rather diftil virtue tha The heat of fumme Troll about the bridal bowl ufe violeAI;?;;é' put his blood into a fer s it ment, which affeéted his bridleband wit And divide the broad bridecak Round about the brideftake @. a. [from the noun. Ben Fonfon The writer, refolved to try his fortune, fafted al day, and, that he might be fure of dréaming upo fomething at nighty procured an handfome flice o great.pain g Wijonan BRIEF. adj. [brewis, Lat. briefs Fr~l 1. Short; concife, It is now feldom u but of words L BR |