Word Meanings - BRANKURSINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bear's-breech, or Acanthus. (more info) branca claw + L. ursinus belonging to a bear , i .e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf.

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• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.
• BRANCARD
  A litter on which a person may be carried. Coigrave.
• BREECH-LOADING
  Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
• BREECH PIN; BREECH SCREW
  A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
• BREECHES
  breech, breeches; akin to Icel. brok breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were
• ACANTHUS
  A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
• BREECH
  The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. (more info) 1. The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks. 2. Breeches. Shak. 3. The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind
• BELONG
  attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
• BREECHLOADER
  A firearm which receives its load at the breech. For cavalry, the revolver and breechloader will supersede the saber. Rep. Sec. War .
• BREECHBLOCK
  The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
• BELONGING
  1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• BECAUSE
  1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these
• BREECH ACTION
  The breech mechanism in breech-loading small arms and certain special guns, as automatic and machine guns; --used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech- loading shotguns are locked, unlocked, or rotated to
• BREECHING
  A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged. 4. The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to
• BREECH SIGHT
  A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.
• LEAVES
  pl. of Leaf.
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• GYRACANTHUS
  A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• BEAR'S-BREECH
  See Acanthus, n., 1. The English cow parsnip Dr. Prior.
• UNBREECH
  To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings. Pennant. (more info) 1. To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches. Shak.