Brass
[brɑːs] or [bræs]
Definition
(noun.) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece.
(noun.) a memorial made of brass.
(noun.) an ornament or utensil made of brass.
(noun.) an alloy of copper and zinc.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
(n.) Impudence; a brazen face.
(n.) Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Alloy of copper and zinc.[2]. Assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK.
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Definition
the brass pieces which in plate armour protected the upper part of the arms and united the shoulder and elbow pieces.—ns. Brass′-band a band or company of musicians who perform on brass instruments; Brass′et a casque or armour covering for the head: a helmet; Brass′found′er a maker of articles in brass.—adjs. Brass′-paved (Spens.) durable as if paved with brass; Brass′-vis′aged brazen-faced impudent.—n. Brass′y a wooden golf-club with a brass sole.—adj. of or like brass: impudent: unfeeling: pitiless: harsh in tone.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of brass, denotes that you will rise rapidly in your profession, but while of apparently solid elevation you will secretly fear a downfall of fortune.
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Examples
- Brass tubes can easily be bent by ramming full of sand, stopping the ends, and bending them over a curved surface. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- My eye had been caught by a gun with a brass-bound stock over the chimney-piece, and his eye had followed mine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Rosa Dartle sat looking down upon her, as inflexible as a figure of brass. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It consisted of a graduated arc of soli d polished brass five inches broad, two inches thick, and with a radius of about six and three quarters feet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And if it was a toasting-fork, you'd go into brass and do yourself no credit. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Ye've gi'en your brass; ye've done well. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Four brass chains support a slab of wood about 28 inches long by about 8 or ten inches in width. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A watch balance is made with a rim of brass encircling and firmly united to the rim of steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And the worker in leather and brass will make them? Plato. The Republic.
- I was shown a little kitchen with a little stove and oven, with few but bright brasses, two chairs and a table. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mr. Moore, while enjoying the genial glow, kept his eyes directed towards the glittering brasses on the shelf above. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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