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Brain [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That soft whitish mass, or viscus, inclosed in the cranium or skull, in which the nerves and spinal marrow terminate, and which is supposed to be the seat of the soul or intelligent principle in man. It is divided above into a right and left hemisphere, and below into six lobes. It is composed of a cortical substance, which is external, and a medullary, which is internal. From the brain proceed nine pair of nerves, which are distributed principally to the head and neck.

2. The understanding.

3. The affections; fancy; imagination. [Unusual.]

Brain [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To dash out the brains; to kill by beating out the brains.

2. To conceive; to understand. [Not used.]

Brain [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.

2. The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.

3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.

4. The affections; fancy; imagination.

Brain [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.

2. To conceive; to understand.

Brain Encyclopedia Britannica

BRAIN. See Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, and Mental Diseases.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 211
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Brained [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Brain

Brained [Participial adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Supplied with brains.

Brainerd Encyclopedia Britannica

BRAINERD, David, one of the most zealous and successful of modern Christian missionaries, was born at Haddam, in the state of Connecticut, in 1718, and died October 9, 1747, in the house of his friend President Edwards. His heroic and self-denying labours among the American Indians wore out in the course of a few years a naturally feeble constitution, but left behind them important frqjts. The narrative of his mission is contained in his journal published in 1746. His life, compiled chiefly from his own diary, was written by President Edwards, and has gone through many editions. Brainerd was a man of strong mental powers, extensive knowledge, and great sagacity; and as a preacher he was forcible and pathetic.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 211
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Braining [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Brain

Brainish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Hot-headed; furious; as Latin cerebrosus.

Brainish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hot-headed; furious.

Brainless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.

Brainless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.

Brainpan [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The skull which incloses the brain.

Brainpan [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

Brainsick [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.

Brainsick [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.

Brainsickly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Weakly; with a disordered understanding.

Brainsickly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a brainsick manner.

Brainsickness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Disorder of the understanding; giddiness; indiscretion.

Braintree Encyclopedia Britannica

BRAINTREE, the Raines of Domesday Book, a markettown of Essex, eleven miles N. by E. of Chelmsford. It is one of the polling-places for North Essex, and is the seat of the Braintree Poor Law Union. The parish church, St Michael’s, is a fine Gothic edifice of early date. A corn exchange and a mechanics’ institute may also be mentioned. The bishops of London had at one time a palace in the town, but there are no remains of the building. The manufactures of silk and crape, which employ about 1000 persons, have quite superseded that of woollen cloth, which was introduced by the Flemings who fled to England to escape the persecution of the duke of Alva. Straw-plaiting is also carried on. There is a free school in the town, besides several charities. Two annual fairs of three days each are held here, commencing May 7 and October 2. Population of the parish in 1871, 4790.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 211
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Brainy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having an active or vigorous mind.