BRASS
\bɹˈas], \bɹˈas], \b_ɹ_ˈa_s]\
Definitions of BRASS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
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a memorial made of brass
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an ornament or utensil made of brass
By Princeton University
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impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
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a memorial made of brass
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an ornament or utensil made of brass
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
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Impudence; a brazen face.
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Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
By Oddity Software
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A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
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Impudence; a brazen face.
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Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
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A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An alloy of copper and zinc: (fig.) impudence:-pl. monumental plates of brass inlaid on slabs of stone in the pavements of ancient churches: also the brass musical instruments in a band or orchestra. In its colloquial and slang senses the use of the word is by no means modern; namely: 1, money, “We should scorn each bribing varlet’s brass.†- Ba. Hall. 2., impudence: shamelessness. “She in her defense made him appear such a rouge that the chief justice wondered he had the trass to appear in a court of justice.â€-Roger North.
By Daniel Lyons
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A yellow metal, formed by mixing copper with calamine. The same general remarks apply to it as to copper. See Cuprum.
By Robley Dunglison
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