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n. [ Trademark. ] a drug once used to treat malaria (C23H30ClN3O); chemically it is a derivative of the tricyclic structure acridine: 6-chloro-9-[ [ 4-(diethylamino-1-methylbutyl) ]amino ]-2-methoxyacridine. It also has some anthelmintic activity against cestodes. Atabrine is a trademark.
Syn. -- quinacrine, mepacrine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Icel. bröndōttr brindled, fr. brandr brand; and OE. bernen, brinnen, to burn. See Brand, Burn. ] Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled. “Three brinded cows, ” Dryden. “The brinded cat.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brindled. ] 1. The state of being brindled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Brindled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ A dim. form of brinded. ] Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded. “With a brindled lion played.” Churchill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn. ] 1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness. [ 1913 Webster ]

What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for
Rosaline! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brine fly (Zool.), a fly of the genus Ephydra, the larvæ of which live in artificial brines and in salt lakes. --
Brine gauge, an instrument for measuring the saltness of a liquid. --
Brine pan, a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed by cristallization. --
Brine pit, a salt spring or well, from which water is taken to be boiled or evaporated for making salt. --
Brine pump (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom. --
Brine shrimp,
Brine worm (Zool.), a phyllopod crustacean of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia. --
Brine spring, a spring of salt water. --
Leach brine (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To steep or saturate in brine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brought p. pr. & vb. n. Bringing. ] [ OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan. ] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch. [ 1913 Webster ]

And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread. 1 Kings xvii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To France shall we convey you safe,
And bring you back. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is nothing will bring you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To convey; to move; to carry or conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it some part of the oil of vitriol. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do not easily bring themselves to it. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is brought to reflect on them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton? [ 1913 Webster ]

To bring about, to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish. --
To bring back. (a) To recall. (b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner. --
To bring by the lee (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting. --
To bring down. (a) To cause to come down. (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks. --
To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause. [ Colloq. ] --
To bring forth. (a) To produce, as young fruit. (b) To bring to light; to make manifest. --
To bring forward (a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view. (b) To hasten; to promote; to forward. (c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments. --
To bring home. (a) To bring to one's house. (b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of treason. (c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal experience. (d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor. --
To bring in. (a) To fetch from without; to import. (b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly. (c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a report. (d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a specified object. (e) To produce, as income. (f) To induce to join. --
To bring off, to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape. --
To bring on. (a) To cause to begin. (b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a disease. --
To bring one on one's way, to accompany, guide, or attend one. --
To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment. --
To bring over. (a) To fetch or bear across. (b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to change sides or an opinion. --
To bring to. (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person. (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to lie to). (c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her course. (d) To apply a rope to the capstan. --
To bring to light, to disclose; to discover; to make clear; to reveal. --
To bring a sail to (Naut.), to bend it to the yard. --
To bring to pass, to accomplish to effect. “Trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” Ps. xxxvii. 5. --
To bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience. --
To bring up. (a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate. (b) To cause to stop suddenly. (c) [ v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun ] To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill. [ Colloq. ] --
To bring up (any one) with a round turn, to cause (any one) to stop abruptly. [ Colloq. ] --
To be brought to bed. See under Bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import; procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bringer in, one who, or that which, introduces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like brine; somewhat salt; saltish. “Brinish tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being brinish. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to Sw. brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka; cf. LG. brink a grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock. ] The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. “The brink of vice.” Bp. Porteus. “The brink of ruin.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ brink + -manship. (1956). ] the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ From Brine. ] Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cerebrum. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits.
Syn. -- genus Colubrina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. colubrinus. ] 1. (Zool.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of depriving of fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To defibrinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fibrine. See Fiber. ] (Physiol. Chem.) 1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fibrin factors (Physiol.), the albuminous bodies, paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in coagulation. --
Fibrin ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment which makes its appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of the blood, with formation of fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the fibers of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fibrin + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol. Chem.) Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.Chem.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fibrin + Gr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + rebrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL., fr. OF. & F. marble marble. See Marble. ] A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring or bear out. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Umbra, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra. [ 1913 Webster ]