n. [ Origin uncertain. ] The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. broð; akin to OHG. brod, brot; cf. Ir. broth, Gael. brot. √93. Cf. Brewis, Brew. ] Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brothel, brodel, brethel, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. beróðan to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with bordel brothel. CF. Bordel. ] A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frequents brothels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brothers r Brethren See Brethren. [ OE. brother, AS. brōðor; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. brōðir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. brōþar, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratrŭ, L. frater, Skr. bhrāt&rsdot_;, Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr, a clansman. The common plural is Brothers; in the solemn style, Brethren, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative sing. brēðer, nom. pl. brōðor, brōðru. √258. Cf. Friar, Fraternal. ] 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. A brother having the same mother but different fathers is called a uterine brother, and one having the same father but a different mother is called an agnate brother, or in (Law) a consanguine brother. A brother having the same father and mother is called a brother-german or full brother. The same modifying terms are applied to sister or sibling. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Two of us in the churchyard lie,
My sister and my brother. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc. “A brother of your order.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. [ 1913 Webster ]

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

That April morn
Of this the very brother. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. [ 1913 Webster ]

For of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as “Brother Jonathan.” --
Blood brother. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brothered ] To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Brother + -hood. ] 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brothers-in-law The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being brotherly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. “I speak but brotherly of him.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inclose in a brothel. [ Obs. ] Donne.

n. A brother by one parent, but not by both. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

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