Bricky to Brigandine
Bricky
(Brick"y) a. Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. [R.] Spenser.
Brickyard
(Brick"yard`) n. A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place.
Bricole
(||Bri*cole") n. [F.] (Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver
guns where horses can not be used.
Brid
(Brid) n. A bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bridal
(Brid"al) a. [From Bride. Cf. Bridal, n.] Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as,
bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
Bridal
(Brid"al), n. [OE. bridale, brudale, AS. brydealo brideale, bridal feast. See Bride, and Ale, 2.]
A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky.
Herbert.
Bridalty
(Brid"al*ty) n. Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.
Bride
(Bride) n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. bryd; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. brud,
D. bruid, OHG. prut, brut, G. braut, Icel. bruðr, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. bruþs; cf. Armor. pried
spouse, W. priawd a married person.]
1. A woman newly married, or about to be married.
Has by his own experience tried
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
Lyttleton.
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Rev. xxi. 9.
2. Fig.: An object ardently loved.
Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.
Bride
(Bride), v. t. To make a bride of. [Obs.]
Bride-ale
(Bride"-ale`) n. [See Bridal.] A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.
The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake,
And drink enough, he need not fear his stake.
B. Jonson.
Bridebed
(Bride"bed`) n. The marriage bed. [Poetic]
Bridecake
(Bride"cake`) n. Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding,
or sent to friends after the wedding.
Bridechamber
(Bride"cham`ber) n. The nuptial apartment. Matt. ix. 15.
Bridegroom
(Bride"groom`) n. [OE. bridegome, brudgume, AS. brydguma (akin to OS. brudigumo, D.
bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. prutigomo, MHG. briutegome, G. bräutigam); AS. bryd bride + guma man,
akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused by confusion
with groom. See Bride, and cf. Groom, Homage.] A man newly married, or just about to be married.
Brideknot
(Bride"knot`) n. A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [Obs.]
Bridemaid
(Bride"maid` n., Bride"man) n. See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.
Bridesmaid
(Brides"maid`) n. A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
