(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
(n.) Impudence; a brazen face.
(n.) Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Example Sentences:
(1) Corbyn to complain to MoD about army chief's ‘political interference’ Read more Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn’s political mis-steps over the past 10 days have allowed his views to be dismissed as flaky and irresponsible – even where he is right, as in his warnings about kneejerk responses to terrorist attacks and, indeed, in his Armistice Day strictures about the requirement for the top brass to stay out of politics .
(2) Of the various metals and alloys tested for use in its construction, brass produced the smallest NMR artifact with minimal magnification.
(3) "For the top brass in French football, the issue is settled: there are too many blacks, too many Arabs, and not enough white players in French football," the website said.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rodriguez, who has been recovering from offseason hip surgery and who stands to lose more than $35m on the remaining portion of his contract should the reported suspension be carried out, has a team of lawyers working to battle the office of the commissioner on any penalties, despite MLBPA union head Michael Weiner reaching out to baseball's brass to try to hammer out a late deal on Saturday, an offer that was rejected by the sport's ruling body.
(5) The increase in retention was greater for brass than for dentine.
(6) A brass probe cooled to--79 degrees C and applied directly to infected corneas for six seconds resulted in an immediate 99.9% reduction in bacteria.
(7) The musician group was comprised of 31 brass instrument players, and 31 reed instrument or flute players.
(8) The pathologically increased enzyme activity might well permit diagnostic conclusions concerning the intensity and stage of destruction of the retina by brass poisoning.
(9) He’ll face competition from Manchester City though with Pep Guardiola shunning a wealth of Barcelona and Bayern Munich stars and identifying the England man as his top transfer target during a meeting with City’s top brass in, er, Amsterdam.
(10) wonders Chris Taylor, who one suspects doesn't have two brass bawbies to rub together.
(11) You're as likely to see the entire brass section of the Halle Orchestra running across the road at the interval for a swift pint as you are a room full of drunken retired policemen.
(12) The colonization rates were polyvinyl chloride, 70; copper, 31; and brass, 25%.
(13) Players of string instruments had longer careers than players of woodwind and brass instruments.
(14) All of my photographs are taken on a 4in by 5in wood and brass Gandolfi camera .
(15) Our guide extinguished the light and began to open the shutter, rotating the lens with a brass handle.
(16) Z was measured between brass sleeve electrodes within the end conduits of the pouch.
(17) Speaking as a factory member I had remembered many brass band concerts we enjoyed during lunchtimes in the Oxford car factory where I worked for 14 years.
(18) A plastic catheter is introduced into the trachea through a brass tube fitted on to the laryngoscope blade and oxygen is injected intermittently through the catheter to provide ventilation.
(19) Over a 0.009 inch flexible tip steel wire a diamond-coated brass burr fastened to a flexible drive shaft that rotates and tracks was advanced.
(20) A "news" report on Chris Morris's satirical Brass Eye once summed up a particularly unpleasant sight as resembling "Dante meets Bosch in a crack lounge in hell".
Brazier
Definition:
(n.) An artificer who works in brass.
(n.) A pan for holding burning coals.
(n.) Same as Brasier.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adam Boulton, Colin Brazier and Gillian Joseph will report from around central London, as will the Skycopter.
(2) It would depend on the quantity of such examples, Brazier replied.
(3) The TV presenter Jeff Brazier, Simon Clegg, former chief executive of the British Olympic Association, the Big Brother contestant Victor Ebuwa, James Gardner, a friend of the footballer Paul Gascoigne, and George Best’s agent Philip Hughes were also among the 29.
(4) They see angry shouting Steve Hedley-style pickets at every station, braziers at every street corner, and such general industrial unrest that there is a run on the pound and a broken and dejected Coalition government is obliged to sue for peace and throw its policies into reverse.
(5) I shall never forget a cherry tree in Kyoto lit with braziers at dusk.
(6) Rodney Brazier, professor of constitutional law at Manchester University, told the hearing the prince had a constitutional right to be instructed in and about the business of government.
(7) BBC Sport presenter Jacqui Oatley said she was "absolutely astonished" by Brazier's actions , while BBC radio presenter Shelagh Fogarty added : "Sky!!!
(8) As father-of-six Colin Brazier's 2013 book, Sticking Up for Siblings , described, we are more likely to experience obesity and allergies or, if we are to believe Freud, problems with our sexual identities too.
(9) Sir Julian Brazier, the incumbent MP for the past 30 years, had actually increased his vote by almost 2,500 – his best personal result for 25 years.
(10) I acknowledged that and so did Sky.” His actions attracted widespread criticism on Twitter and Sky News issued an apology on Sunday, saying Brazier had immediately recognised what he had done was inappropriate and said so on air .
(11) One of our winning points was we had the right candidate, and we highlighted the differences between her and Brazier: young, female, progressive, vibrant – or white, male, entitled, anti-gay marriage and pro-fox hunting.” Local Conservatives acknowledge that Duffield’s profile and personality were factors, and some suggest Brazier was complacent.
(12) John Brazier Canterbury, Kent • Racism is only part of the problem and placing the onus on Chelsea and football more widely to step up is only part of the solution.
(13) The review was conducted by General Sir Nicholas Houghton, vice-chief of the defence staff, Julian Brazier, Conservative MP and former TA officer, and Lt Gen Graeme Lamb, former head of the UK's special forces.
(14) Drew Brazier, managing director of Lego UK and Ireland, said his products remain popular because "they allow children to be creative.
(15) This report describes two female patients, 69 and 79 years old, with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) developing from erythema ab igne (EAI) due to thermal irradiation from a sunken hearth (irori in Japanese) or an underfloor brazier covered with a quilt (kotatsu in Japanese).
(16) Media professor Joe Watson described Brazier's actions as a 'horrible moment for journalism'.
(17) But Brazier's generalisations are ones that the only tribe is used to.
(18) One of Hamida's daughters, Zakiya, was outside coaxing a flame from a brazier; inside it was cold, damp, and dark.
(19) Brazier said he had been temporarily overcome with emotion and “lost it” when standing over the personal belongings, in particular a pink drinking flask similar to one owned by his six-year-old daughter.
(20) But in the midst of these more nebulous advantages, says Brazier, evidence has emerged – and his fear is that it hasn't been properly noticed – that children who have brothers and sisters tend to be healthier.