Name Report For First Name BRIDGET:
BRIDGET
First name BRIDGET's origin is Irish. BRIDGET means "strength. mythological celtic goddess of fire and poetry". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BRIDGET below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bridget.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with BRIDGET and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with BRIDGET - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming BRIDGET
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BRÝDGET AS A WHOLE:
bridgett bridgetteNAMES RHYMING WITH BRÝDGET (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (ridget) - Names That Ends with ridget:
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (idget) - Names That Ends with idget:
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (dget) - Names That Ends with dget:
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (get) - Names That Ends with get:
paget leggetRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (et) - Names That Ends with et:
abrihet aret amunet auset bastet hehet heqet keket meskhenet naunet nebt-het nekhbet renenet sakhmet sechet sekhet tauret odelet orzsebet violet nguyet tuyet edet andret anghet magahet oubastet senusnet haslet japhet taavet viet briet devnet elisavet erzsebet ganet gobinet harriet hugiet janet jannet juliet liesbet lilibet lisabet lisavet lisbet lizbet lunet lynet margaret margreet margret nureet scarlet wyanet zoheret amet arnet barnet barret bennet beornet bret burcet chet dagonet dennet everet garet garnet garret girflet griflet gringalet hacket hamoelet jarret lambret leveret maeret maneet mehemet mohamet omeet omet preruet pruet rousset senet set yvet shet ornet orneet demet hamletNAMES RHYMING WITH BRÝDGET (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (bridge) - Names That Begins with bridge:
bridgerRhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (bridg) - Names That Begins with bridg:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (brid) - Names That Begins with brid:
brid brideRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bri) - Names That Begins with bri:
bri bria brian briana briann brianna briannah brianne briannon briant briar briareus briaunna brice brick brickman bricriu bricta briefbras briella brielle brien brienna brienne brietta brigantia brigbam brigette briggebam briggeham briggere brigham brighde brighid brighton brigid brigida brigidia brigitta brigitte brigliadoro brik brilynn brimlad brin brina brinleigh brinley brinton brion briona brione brioni brionna brionne briony brisa briseis brisha brishen brisia brissa brit brita britani brite brites britlee britney britomartus britta brittain brittan brittaney brittani brittanie brittany brittnee brittney brittni brittny britto britton brittyn brizaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (br) - Names That Begins with br:
bra brachah brad bradach bradaigh bradamate bradan bradana bradbourne bradburn bradd braddockNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRÝDGET:
First Names which starts with 'bri' and ends with 'get':
First Names which starts with 'br' and ends with 'et':
First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 't':
baldhart bancroft barnett barrett bart bartlett bast batt beat beaufort beircheart bemot benat benecroft bennett bent beorht berit bernot berowalt bert biast birgit birkett bliant bogart bogohardt bohort bort brant brendt brent brett bryant burdett burhardt burkett burkhart burnet burnett burtEnglish Words Rhyming BRIDGET
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BRÝDGET AS A WHOLE:
| bridgetree | noun (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BRÝDGET (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (ridget) - English Words That Ends with ridget:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (idget) - English Words That Ends with idget:
| fidget | noun (n.) Uneasiness; restlessness. |
| noun (n.) A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. | |
| verb (v. i.) To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. |
| midget | noun (n.) A minute bloodsucking fly. |
| noun (n.) A very diminutive person. |
| nidget | noun (n.) A fool; an idiot, a coward. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (dget) - English Words That Ends with dget:
| budget | noun (n.) A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions. |
| noun (n.) The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries. |
| pledget | noun (n.) A small plug. |
| noun (n.) A string of oakum used in calking. | |
| noun (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (get) - English Words That Ends with get:
| auget | noun (n.) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. |
| bouget | noun (n.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget. |
| bragget | noun (n.) A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc. |
| dogget | noun (n.) Docket. See Docket. |
| drugget | noun (n.) A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets. |
| noun (n.) By extension, any material used for the same purpose. |
| garget | noun (n.) The throat. |
| noun (n.) A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands. | |
| noun (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite. | |
| noun (n.) See Poke. |
| get | noun (n.) Jet, the mineral. |
| noun (n.) Fashion; manner; custom. | |
| noun (n.) Artifice; contrivance. | |
| noun (n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion. | |
| verb (v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. | |
| verb (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate. | |
| verb (v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson. | |
| verb (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade. | |
| verb (v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. | |
| verb (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. | |
| verb (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected. |
| gigget | noun (n.) Same as Gigot. |
| gorget | noun (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century. |
| noun (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. | |
| noun (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies. | |
| noun (n.) A ruff worn by women. | |
| noun (n.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. | |
| noun (n.) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. | |
| noun (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. |
| hogget | noun (n.) A young boar of the second year. |
| noun (n.) A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year. |
| larget | noun (n.) A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet. |
| linget | noun (n.) An ingot. |
| mugget | noun (n.) The small entrails of a calf or a hog. |
| nugget | noun (n.) A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold. |
| parget | noun (n.) Gypsum or plaster stone. |
| noun (n.) Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. | |
| noun (n.) Paint, especially for the face. | |
| verb (v. t.) To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses. | |
| verb (v. t.) To paint; to cover over. | |
| verb (v. i.) To lay on plaster. | |
| verb (v. i.) To paint, as the face. |
| spleget | noun (n.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore. |
| target | noun (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war. |
| noun (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. | |
| noun (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target. | |
| noun (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff. | |
| noun (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal. | |
| noun (n.) A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. | |
| noun (n.) A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. |
| treget | noun (n.) Guile; trickery. |
| trepeget | noun (n.) A trebuchet. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BRÝDGET (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (bridge) - Words That Begins with bridge:
| bridge | noun (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. |
| noun (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed. | |
| noun (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. | |
| noun (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. | |
| noun (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall. | |
| noun (n.) A card game resembling whist. | |
| verb (v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river. | |
| verb (v. t.) To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. | |
| verb (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over. |
| bridgeboard | noun (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened. |
| noun (n.) A board or plank used as a bridge. |
| bridgehead | noun (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont. |
| bridgeless | adjective (a.) Having no bridge; not bridged. |
| bridgepot | noun (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle. |
| bridgeing | noun (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight. |
| bridgey | adjective (a.) Full of bridges. |
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (bridg) - Words That Begins with bridg:
| bridging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridge |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (brid) - Words That Begins with brid:
| brid | noun (n.) A bird. |
| bridal | noun (n.) Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber. |
| noun (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage. |
| bridalty | noun (n.) Celebration of the nuptial feast. |
| bride | noun (n.) A woman newly married, or about to be married. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make a bride of. |
| bridebed | noun (n.) The marriage bed. |
| bridecake | noun (n.) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding. |
| bridechamber | noun (n.) The nuptial apartment. |
| bridegroom | noun (n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married. |
| brideknot | noun (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. |
| bridemaid | noun (n.) Alt. of Brideman |
| brideman | noun (n.) See Bridesmaid, Bridesman. |
| bridesmaid | noun (n.) A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding. |
| bridesman | noun (n.) A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." |
| bridestake | noun (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. |
| bridewell | noun (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. |
| bridle | noun (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages. |
| noun (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check. | |
| noun (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc. | |
| noun (n.) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle. | |
| noun (n.) A mooring hawser. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse. | |
| verb (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up. |
| bridling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridle |
| bridler | noun (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle. |
| bridoon | noun (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bri) - Words That Begins with bri:
| briar | noun (n.) Same as Brier. |
| noun (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. |
| briarean | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed. |
| bribable | adjective (a.) Capable of being bribed. |
| bribe | noun (n.) A gift begged; a present. |
| noun (n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust. | |
| noun (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement. | |
| verb (v. t.) To rob or steal. | |
| verb (v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. | |
| verb (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe. | |
| verb (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft. | |
| verb (v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise. |
| bribing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bribe |
| bribeless | adjective (a.) Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. |
| briber | noun (n.) A thief. |
| noun (n.) One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. | |
| noun (n.) That which bribes; a bribe. |
| bribery | noun (n.) Robbery; extortion. |
| noun (n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements. |
| brick | noun (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. |
| noun (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. | |
| noun (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). | |
| noun (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. | |
| verb (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. | |
| verb (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. |
| bricking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brick |
| noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brisk |
| brickbat | noun (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4. |
| brickkiln | noun (n.) A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them. |
| bricklayer | noun (n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks. |
| bricklaying | noun (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks. |
| brickle | adjective (a.) Brittle; easily broken. |
| brickleness | noun (n.) Brittleness. |
| brickmaker | noun (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks. |
| brickwork | noun (n.) Anything made of bricks. |
| noun (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks. |
| bricky | adjective (a.) Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. |
| brickyard | noun (n.) A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place. |
| bricole | noun (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. |
| noun (n.) An ancient kind of military catapult. | |
| noun (n.) In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke. | |
| noun (n.) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion. |
| brief | noun (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence. |
| noun (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. | |
| adjective (a.) Short in duration. | |
| adjective (a.) Concise; terse; succinct. | |
| adjective (a.) Rife; common; prevalent. | |
| adjective (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words. | |
| adjective (a.) An epitome. | |
| adjective (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument. | |
| adjective (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2. | |
| adverb (adv.) Briefly. | |
| adverb (adv.) Soon; quickly. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings. |
| briefless | adjective (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister. |
| briefman | noun (n.) One who makes a brief. |
| noun (n.) A copier of a manuscript. |
| briefness | noun (n.) The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing. |
| brier | noun (n.) Alt. of Briar |
| briered | adjective (a.) Set with briers. |
| briery | noun (n.) A place where briers grow. |
| adjective (a.) Full of briers; thorny. |
| brig | noun (n.) A bridge. |
| noun (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. | |
| noun (n.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders. |
| brigade | noun (n.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general. |
| noun (n.) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. | |
| verb (v. t.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades. |
| brigading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brigade |
| brigand | noun (n.) A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. |
| noun (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter. |
| brigandage | noun (n.) Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder. |
| brigandine | noun (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. |
| brigandish | adjective (a.) Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike. |
| brigandism | noun (n.) Brigandage. |
| brigantine | noun (n.) A practical vessel. |
| noun (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail. | |
| noun (n.) See Brigandine. |
| brigge | noun (n.) A bridge. |
| bright | noun (n.) Splendor; brightness. |
| adjective (a.) Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. | |
| adjective (a.) Transmitting light; clear; transparent. | |
| adjective (a.) Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. | |
| adjective (a.) Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. | |
| adjective (a.) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. | |
| adjective (a.) Illustrious; glorious. | |
| adjective (a.) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. | |
| adjective (a.) Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. | |
| verb (v. i.) See Brite, v. i. | |
| adverb (adv.) Brightly. | |
| verb (v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. |
| brightening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brighten |
| brighten | adjective (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to. |
| adjective (a.) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. | |
| adjective (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. | |
| adjective (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven. | |
| verb (v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. |
| brightness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. |
| noun (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. |
| brightsome | adjective (a.) Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. |
| brigose | noun (n.) Contentious; quarrelsome. |
| brigue | noun (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel. |
| noun (n.) To contend for; to canvass; to solicit. |
| brike | noun (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril. |
| brill | noun (n.) A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret. |
| brillante | adjective (a.) In a gay, showy, and sparkling style. |
| brillance | noun (n.) Brilliancy. |
| brillancy | noun (n.) The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRÝDGET:
English Words which starts with 'bri' and ends with 'get':
English Words which starts with 'br' and ends with 'et':
| bracelet | noun (n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls. |
| noun (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm. |
| bracket | noun (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. |
| noun (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. | |
| noun (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. | |
| noun (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. | |
| noun (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. | |
| noun (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. | |
| noun (n.) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. | |
| verb (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. | |
| verb (v. t.) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object). |
| bractlet | noun (n.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. |
| branchlet | noun (n.) A little branch; a twig. |
| breadbasket | noun (n.) The stomach. |
| bret | noun (n.) See Birt. |
| brevet | noun (n.) A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage]. |
| noun (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer. | |
| adjective (a.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission. | |
| verb (v. t.) To confer rank upon by brevet. |
| brisket | noun (n.) That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest. |
| brocket | noun (n.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock. |
| noun (n.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus). |
| bromuret | noun (n.) See Bromide. |
| brooklet | noun (n.) A small brook. |
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