Vocabulary : Brasque to Brassiere
Brasque : A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep.Brass : 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. ;; 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. ;; Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. ;; Impudence; a brazen face. ;; Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. ;; 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. ;; Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Brassage : A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.
Brassart : Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts.
Brasse : A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.
