| brass | Origin: OE. Bras, bres, AS. Braes; akin to Icel. Bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. Braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze. 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. <machinery> 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. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. "Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey." (Matt. X. 9) 4. Impudence; a brazen face. 5. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. "The very scullion who cleans the brasses." (Hopkinson) 6. 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. 7. <chemical> Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the colour of which is near to that of brass. The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. Brass band, a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets. Synonym: Dutch gold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| brass founder's ague | An occupational disease, characterised by malaria-like symptoms, due to inhalation of particles and fumes of metallic oxides. Fumes are formed by evaporation at very high temperature and condensation in air into fine particles. Synonym: brass founder's ague, foundryman's fever, metal fume fever, zinc fume fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brass founder's fever | An occupational disease, characterised by malaria-like symptoms, due to inhalation of particles and fumes of metallic oxides. Fumes are formed by evaporation at very high temperature and condensation in air into fine particles. Synonym: brass founder's ague, foundryman's fever, metal fume fever, zinc fume fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brasse | <marine biology> A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch. Origin: Perh. A transposition of barse; but cf. LG. Brasse the bream, G. Brassen Cf. Bream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brassica | <botany> A genus of plants belonging to the mustard family Brassicaceae. The whole family includes a total of 376 different genera and 3,200 different species. The family is also known as Cruciferae because the four petaled flowers of these plants look like crosses. The plants are distributed worldwide and have annual (living one year), biennial (living two years) and perennial (living many years) members. Member species of genus Brassica include Brassica napus which produces rapeseed or canola oil, Brassica nigra which produces yellow mustard, Brassica oleracea whose subspecies and strains include kale and collard greens (Brassica oleracea acephala), broccoli (Brassica oleracea botrytis), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea cauliflora), head cabbage (Brassica oleracea capitata), brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), and kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea gongycoides), and Brassica rapa, whose subspecies include pak choi (Brassica rapa chinensis), Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa pekinensis), and turnip (Brassica rapa rapifera). Also, one subspecies of Brassica rapa is used as a model organism to study genetics, molecular biology, plant breeding, cell biology, and physiology, it is called the rapid cycling Brassica or RCBr or the Wisconsin Fast Plant, and was developed specifically for scientific study. Additionally, the radish Raphanus sativus is a member of the Brassicaceae family. The full taxonomic classification is kingdom Plantae, division Tracheophyta, subdivision Spermatophyta, class Angiospermae, subclass Dicotyledeonae, order Papaverales, family Brassicaceae. (17 Dec 1997) |
| brassicaceous | <botany> Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family. Origin: L. Brassica cabbage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brassy body | A dark-coloured, usually shrunken erythrocyte in which there is a malarial parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brassy cough | Loud metallic barking cough caused by subglottic oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Cabbages, Collard Greens
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| brassica |
mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
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| brassy body |
a dark, shrunken blood corpuscle seen in malaria.
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| brassfounder's a. |
see under fever.
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| brassfounder's f. |
metal fume fever caused by fumes of any of several metals, most commonly zinc, copper, or magnesium; called also brassfounder's ague and brass or brazier's chill.
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| brassy b. |
a dark, shrunken blood corpuscle seen in malaria.
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| brass | a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece |
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| brass | a memorial made of brass |
| brass | an ornament or utensil made of brass |
| brass | impudent aggressiveness |
| brass | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something |
| brass | an alloy of copper and zinc |
| brass | a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments |
| brass | South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads |
| brass | a high-ranking military officer |
| brass | a small metal weapon |
| brass | a small metal weapon |
| brass | a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships |
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