ord. A burned device or
character, especially that of the broad arrow on government stores, to
deface or erase which is felony.

BRANDED TICKET. A discharge given to an infamous man, on which his
character is written, and the reason he is turned out of the service. In
the army, deserters are branded with D; also B for bad character. In the
navy, a corner of the ticket is cut off.

BRANDLING. A supposed fry of the salmon species, found on the north of
England coasts. Also, the angler's dew-worm.

BRANDY-PAWNEE. A cant term for brandy and water in India.

BRANLAIG. The Manx or Gaelic term for a cove or creek on a shore between
rocks.

BRANLIE, OR BRANLIN. A northern name for the samlet or par.

BRAN-NEW. Quite new: said of a sail which has never been bent.

BRASH. Small fragments of crushed ice, collected by wind or currents,
near the shore; or such that the ship can easily force through.

BRASS. Impudent assurance.

BRASSARTS. Pieces between the elbow and the top of the shoulder in
ancient armour.

BRASSER. A defensive bit of armour for the arm.

BRAT. A northern name for a turbot.

BRAVE. This word was not only used to express courage by our early
seamen, but was also applied to strength; as, "we had a brave wind."

BRAWET. A kind of eel in the north.

BRAY, TO. To beat and bruise in a mortar.

BREACH. Formerly, what is made by the breaking in of the sea, now
applied also to the openings or gaps made in the works of fortified
places battered by an enemy's cannon. Also, an old term for a heavy surf
or broken water on a sea-coast; by some called _brist_.

BREACHING. The act of leaping out of the water; applied to whales.

BREACH OF THE SEA. Waves breaking over the hull of a vessel in bad
weather, or when stranded.--_A clear breach_ implies the waves rolling
clean over without breaking. Shakspeare in "Twelfth Night" uses the term
for the breaking of the waves.--_Clean-breach_, when masts and every
object on deck is swept away.

BREACHY. Brackish, as applied to water, probably originating in the sea
breaking in.

BREAD. The usual name given to biscuit.

BREAD-BARGE. The tray in which biscuit is handed round.

BREAD-FRUIT (_Artocarpus incisa_). This most useful tree has a wide
range of growth, but the seedless variety produced in Tahiti and some of
the South Sea Islands is superior to others; it has an historical
interest from its connection with the voyage of the _Bounty_ in 1787.

BREAD-ROOM. Th