Britain–battle-of
britain, battle of
Read Also:
- Britannia
the ancient Roman name of the island of Great Britain, especially the S part where the early Roman provinces were. the British Empire. Chiefly Literary. Great Britain. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. the figure of a seated woman with trident and helmet used as a symbolic representation of Great Britain and the […]
- Britannia-coin
noun any of four British gold coins introduced in 1987 for investment purposes; their denominations are £100, £50, £25, and £10
- Britannia-metal
a white alloy of tin, antimony, and copper in varying proportions, sometimes with small amounts of zinc, lead, and bismuth, used for tableware and as an antifriction material. Historical Examples The Slang Dictionary John Camden Hotten The Dop Doctor Clotilde Inez Mary Graves When Ghost Meets Ghost William Frend De Morgan Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary […]
- Britannic
of Britain; British: Her Britannic Majesty. Brythonic. Brythonic. Historical Examples History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) Thomas Carlyle The Round Towers of Ireland Henry O’Brien A Treatise […]
- Britart
noun a movement in modern British art beginning in the late 1980s, often conceptual or using controversial materials, including such artists as Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread