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Show BR Shakefpeare's Coriolanus it brief wars The &rief ftile is that which exprefleth much i Ben Fonfon fittle If L had quoted more words, I had quoted mor profanenefs ; and therefore Mr. Congreve hasreafo Collier ~ to thank me for being bricf 2 Contraéted ; narrow The fhrine of Venus, or ftraight pight Minerva Or fronted brigades form Milton Here the Bavarian duke his rigades leads Gallant in arms, and gaudy to behold BrisF. # f. [brief, Dutch, a letter. 1. A writing of any kind There is a brief, how many fports are ripe Make choice of which your highnefs will fee firft Shakefpeare The apoftolical letters are of a twofeld kind an R Ayliff 2. A fhort extraét, or epitome But how yon muft begin this enterprize 1 will your highnefs thus in brief advife. Fairy Q ' I doubt not but I fhall make it plain, as far as Bacon fum or brief can make a caufe plain The bricf of this tranfadtion is, thefe fpring . that arife here are impregnated with vitriol Woodward 3. [In law. The brief with weighty crimes was charg'd Savift On which the pleader much enlarg'd 5. Letters patent, giving licence to a cha ritable colletion for any publick or pri vate lofs 6. [In mufick.] A meafure of quantity which contains two {ftrokes down i beating time, and as many up. Harri BrIE‘FLY. adv, [from érief.] Concifely in few words I will fpeak in that manner which the fubje& requires3 that is, probably, and moderately, and o Arizfly Bacon The modeft queen awhile, with downcaft eyes Ponder'd the fpeech ; then briefly thus replies Dryden BriernEss. #. /. [from brief.] Concifenefs; fhortnefs They excel in grandity and gravity, in fmoothnefs and propriety, in quicknefs and briefnefs - - Camden BRI'ER. x./. [bpnzn, Sax.] A plant. Th fweet and the wild forts are both fpecie of the 7/ ‘What fubtle hole is this Whofe mouth is cover'd with rude growing briers Shatkepeare Then thrice under a brier doth creep Which at both ends was rooted deep And over it three times doth leap Her magick much availing. Drayton's Nymphid Bri'Ery. adj. [from brier.] Rough thorny ; full of briers Brrc, and poffibly alfo Br1x, is derived . from the Saxon bpicg, a bridge ; which to this day, in the northern counties 2. To make luminous by light from with out An ccftafy, that mothers only feel Plays round my heart, and brightens all my forro Like gleams of funthine in a louring {ky. Pbhilips Harris 3. To make gay, or cheerful Hope elevates, and jo army ; next in order below a major general Brightens his creft 4. To make illuftrious Bri'caND. n. /. [brigand, Fr.] A robber one that belongs to a band of robbers if the would exert her authority to inftil virtue into her people Swift Yet time ennobles or degrades each line It brighten'd Craggs's, and may darken thine. Pope 5. To make acute, or witty 7o Br1'cuHTEN. @. n. To grow bright to clear up : as, the tky drightens Bramball againft Hobbes Br1'GANDINE } n. [. [from brigand. Br1I'GANTINE 1. A light veflel; fuch as has been formerly ufed by corfairs or pirates Butlet a lord once own the happy lines How the ftile}brightens, how the fenfe refines! Pope Like as a warlike brigandine, apply' To fight, lays forth her threatful pikes afor The engines, which in them fad death do hide Spenfer In your brigantine you fail'd to fe The Adriatick wedded. Ofway's Venice Preferved The conful obliged him to deliver up his fleet and reftore the fhips, referving only ta himfelf tw brigantines Arbuthnot 2 Bri'GHTLY. adv. [from bright. didly ; with luftre The morn, confpicuous on her golden throne. Pope Bri‘GHTNESs 1 1. Shining ; full of light Through a clou Drawn round about thee like a radiant fhrine Dark, with exceflive bright, thy fkirts appear Milton Then fhook the facred fhrine, and fudden ligh Sprung through the roof, and made the templ bright Dryden 2. Shining, as a body refleting light Bright brafs, and brighter domes Chapman Thy eyes are feen in diamonds bright Gay Bright as the fun her eyes the gazers firike. Pope 3. Clear:; tranfpicuous From the brightef} wine He'd turn abhorrent Themfon While the bright Seine, t* exalt the foul ‘With fparkling plenty crowns the bowl Femron 4. Clear evident He muft not proceed too fwiftly, that he ma with more eafe, with 'brighter evidence, and wit furer fuccefs, draw the learner on Wazts's Improvement of the Mind 5. Refplendent with charms ‘Thy beauty appears In its graces and airs All bright as an angel new dropp'd from the fky Paruel O Liberty, thou goddefs heav'nly bright Profufe of blifs, and pregnant with delight! 44dj/ Bright as the fun, and like the morning fair Such Chloe is, and common as the air. Granwvi/le To-day black omens threat the brighteff fai That e'er engag'd a watchful {pirit's care Pope Thou moxe dreaded foey bright beanty, fhine Young 15 called a brigg, and not a bridge 6. Tlluminated with fcience; fparklin Liblon's é amden., | with wit # f. [from bright. Luftre ; {plendour ; glitter The blazing brightnefs of her beauty's beam And glorious light of her fun-fhining face To tell, were as to ftrive againft the ftream Fairy Queen A fword, by long lying ftill, will contract a ruft which fhall deface its brightnefs South Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helme BRIGHT:. adj. {beonz, Saxon. Splen Safely I flept, till brightly dawning fhon A coat of mail And brigandine of brafs, thy broad habergeon Vantbrafs, and greves. Milton's Samfon Agoniffes Miltor's Paradife Loft The prefent queen would brighten her charatter ‘There might be a rout of fuch barbarous thievit brigands in fome rocks; but it was a degeneratio from the nature of man, a political creature A writ whereby a man is fummoned to anfwe . to any adtion; or it is any precept of the king i ~ writing, iffuing out of any court, whereby he com* mands any thing to be done Cowell taining the cafe Adorn the world, and brightcn up the fkies. Dryd mands a brigade of horfe or foot in a 4. The writing given the pleaders, con Salutes the fpring, as her celeftial eye Bricapr'Er General. An officer who com are comprifed in a fhort and compendious way o The purple morning, rifing with the year Major -army difference; wiz. fome are called brief5, becaufe the writing Philips Cottow | 7o BRi'GHTEN. . a. [from bright. 1. To make bright; to make to fhine An officer appointe by the brigadier to aflift him in the management and ordering of his brigade and he there aéts as a major does in a Bri'cap Shakefpeare Poftures beyond Arief nature of foot This is the worft, if not the only ftain I' th® brighteft annals of a female reign 7. Iluftrious5 glorious o PNl S I muft begin with rudiments of art To teach you gamut in a briefer fort More pleafant, pretty, and effetual. . Shakefpeare They nothing doubt prevailing, and to mak confiftin Pope R feveral fquadrons of horfe, or battalion of men The wifeft, brightefl; meaneft of mankind «e-And briefy good mother, forI am in hafte, Shak forces ; a bod I will be mild and gentle in my words. Gen'rous, gay, and gallant nation - Great in arms, and bright in art Anongmous If parts-allure thee, think how Bacon thin'd BV i Shake[peare generally pronounced with the accen on the laft fyllable. A divifion o Which makes it tedious Tt is no R CE D BRYGADE. . /. [brigade, Fr clean.sh data import.tsv out README A play there is, my lord, fome ten words long a p o k v h a i b a i i W But by ten words, my lord, it is too long BR The moon put on her veil of light Myfterious veil, of brightnefs made That's both her luftre and her thade Hudibras Vex'd with the prefent moment's heavy gloom Why feck we brightnefs from the years to come Prior 2. Acutenefs The brightnefs of his parts, the folidity of hi judgment, and the candour and gencrofity of hi temper, diftinguithed him in an age of great politenefs Prior Bri‘LrLiancy. ». /. [from &rilliant.] Luftre ; fplendour BRYULLIANT. adj. [brillant, Fr.] Shining; fparkling; fplendid; full of luftre So have I feen in larder dar Of veal a lucid loin Replete with many a brilliant fpark As wife philofophers remark At once both ftink and fhine Bri‘crianT 2. / fineft cut, forme Dorfet diamon of th into angles, {o a refract the light, and fhine more t In deference to his virtues, I forbea To thew you what the reft in orders were This brilliant is fo {potlefs and fo bright He needs not foil, but fhines by his own propa light Dryden Brr‘LrranT~Ess. m /o [from rilliant. Splendour ; luftre BrivLrs. #. /. The hair on the eyelids of horfe Dia BRIM. #. f. [brim, Icelandifh. 1. The edge of any thing His hat being in the form of a turban, daintil made, the locks of his hair ame down about th brims of it Gg Bacen 2. Th A BR |