| brash |
adjective |
Hasty in temper; impetuous., Brittle, as wood or vegetables., A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness., Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges., Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits., Broken fragments of ice. |
| brass |
noun |
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., 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., Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze., Impudence; a brazen face., Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass., 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., Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. |