What's the difference between bit and brank?

Bit


Definition:

  • (v.) The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
  • (v.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
  • (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Bite.
  • (v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
  • (v.) Somewhat; something, but not very great.
  • (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
  • (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
  • (v.) The cutting iron of a plane.
  • (v.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
  • () 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
  • (imp.) of Bite
  • () of Bite

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So I am, of course, intrigued about the city’s newest tourist attraction: a hangover bar, open at weekends, in which sufferers can come in and have a bit of a lie down in soothingly subdued lighting, while sipping vitamin-enriched smoothies.
  • (2) He is a leader and helps manage the defence, while Pablo Armero can be a bit of a loose cannon but he is certainly a talented player.
  • (3) Just last week he said: "Maybe I'll be a bit more chilled about it this year.
  • (4) The tissues were derived from the three germ layers and were prevalently mature; only a bit of them was represented by embryonic mesenchymal tissue.
  • (5) In his biography, Tony Blair admits to having accumulated 70 at one point – "considered by some to be a bit of a constitutional outrage", he adds.
  • (6) When I told my friend Rob that I was coming to visit him in Rio, I suggested we try something a bit different to going to the beach every day and drinking caipirinhas until three in the morning.
  • (7) But I know the full story and it’s a bit different from what people see.” The full story is heavy on the extremes of emotion and as the man who took a stricken but much-loved club away from its community, Winkelman knows that his part is that of villain; the war of words will rumble on.
  • (8) Everyone gets a bit excited with the whole ‘youth’ thing but, at our clubs, the managers wouldn’t just play any old youngster.
  • (9) He would do the Telegraph crossword and, to be fair, would make intelligent conversation but he was a bit racist.
  • (10) When my form teacher said I’d worked well in every subject except geography, I made her change the bit that said I’d not tried to say, instead, that I was rubbish at it.
  • (11) I felt like he was a little bit inexperienced and the race got away from him a little bit at the third-last.
  • (12) It just seems a bit of a waste, I say, given that he's young and handsome and famous.
  • (13) Heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
  • (14) Indeed, with the pageantry already knocked off the top of the news by reports from Old Trafford, the very idea of a cohesive coalition programme about anything other than cuts looks that bit harder to sustain.
  • (15) A bit like the old Lib Dems, perhaps: and indeed the Greens owe a big chunk of their surge to the exodus of voters from Clegg’s discredited rump.
  • (16) Rather than ruthlessly efficient, I have found them sweet and a bit hopeless."
  • (17) So that you know he's evil, he is dressed like a giant, bedraggled grey duckling, in a fur coat made up of bits of chewed-up wolf.
  • (18) Some offer a range, depending on whether you think you're a bit of a buff, and know a pinot meunier from a pinot noir and what prestige cuvée actually means or you just want to see a bit of the process and have a nice glass of bubbly at the end of it, before moving on to the next place – touring a pretty corner of France getting slowly, and delightfully, fizzled.
  • (19) If Carlsberg made adverts for football scouts ... Scott Murray Martial, who could potentially cost Manchester United £58.8m, had quite a bit to prove.
  • (20) It took a little bit of time to come up on the scoreboard, so I was a bit worried.

Brank


Definition:

  • (n.) Buckwheat.
  • (n.) Alt. of Branks
  • (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.
  • (v. i.) To prance; to caper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The method is based on staining of histological sections of Brank fluid-fixed material with an alcohol solution of green fast at pH 8.1.

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