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brochet [Fr], pike (fish).
brochette [Fr], a skewer. —en brochette, on a skewer: cookery.
broder [Fr], to embroider; fig., to amplify; embellish, as a story.
—broder n'est pas mentir mais farder la vérité, to embroider is not
to lie but to gloss over the truth.
broderie à jour [Fr], openwork embroidery,
βρώμα θεών [Gr; brôma theôn], food for the gods.
bronco [Sp], lit., rough, wild; untamed horse.
brosse [Fr], brush. —en brosse, standing erect, like the bristles of a
brush; brushlike; bristling: said of a man's hair.
Brotschrift [Ger], ordinary type (i.e., not display type): typog.
brouhaha [Fr], hubbub; uproar.
brouillerie [Fr], misunderstanding; disagreement; a falling out.
brouillon [Fr], rough draft; rough copy.
Bruch [Ger; pl. Brüche], fraction: arith.
Bruder [Ger; pl. Brüder], brother.
bruit [Fr], noise; report; rumor.
brûlée [Fr], an open grassy clearing in a forest, which has been previously
burned over: Canada £sf parts of the U.S.
brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [Fr], to burn the candle at both
ends.
brûler le pavé [Fr], lit., to burn the pavement; dash madly along.
Brumaire [Fr], in the Revolutionary calendar of the first French Republic,
the second month of the year, from Oct. 22 to Nov. 20.
brusquerie [Fr], brusqueness; bluntness; gruff ness.
brut [Fr], raw; crude; unwrought; unmanipulated: said of gems, wines,
etc.; of champagne, very dry. —diamant brut, rough diamond.
brutum fulmen [L; pi. bruta fulmina], a harmless thunderbolt; vain
display of force; empty threat.
Buch [Ger; pl. Bücher], book.
Buchbinder [Ger], bookbinder.
Buchbinderkunst [Ger], art of bookbinding.
Buchdruck [Ger], printing of books.
Buchdrucker [Ger], printer.
Buchhändler [Ger], bookseller.
Buchhandlung [Ger], bookstore.
Buchstabe [Ger; pl. Buchstaben], letter of the alphabet; type.
buena fama hurto encubre [Sp], a good reputation is a cloak for theft.
buenas noches [Sp], good evening; good night.
buenas tardes [Sp], good afternoon.
¡buena suerte! [Sp], good luck!
buenos días [Sp], good morning; good day.
buen principio, la mitad es hecha [Sp], good beginning, half is done;
well begun is half done.
buey viejo surco derecho [Sp], an old ox makes a straight furrow.