Brought-on
made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
(of a person) not belonging to the community; outside:
They hired themselves a brought-on man from Michigan.
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excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall. an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., especially a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball players resulted in three black eyes. Contemporary Examples In Praise […]
- Broun
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist. Contemporary Examples You Must Love Me! Gregory Ferenstein May 30, 2013 The Senate Candidate Who Wants to Give You an AR-15 Patricia Murphy February 4, 2014 The Senate Candidate Who Wants to Give You an AR-15 Patricia Murphy February 4, 2014 Georgia Is Ground Zero For […]
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the theorem that for any continuous transformation of a circle into itself, including its boundary, there is at least one point that is mapped to itself. topology A well-known result in topology stating that any continuous transformation of an n-dimensional disk must have at least one fixed point. [Is this correct?] (2001-03-29)
- Brow
Anatomy. the ridge over the eye. the hair growing on that ridge; eyebrow. the forehead: He wore his hat low over his brow. a person’s countenance or mien. the edge of a steep place: She looked down over the brow of the hill. gangplank. Contemporary Examples Opening Day 2013: How to Write About Baseball in […]
- Brow-antler
the first prong from the base of a stag’s antler. Historical Examples A Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 Samuel Hearne The Animal World, A Book of Natural History Theodore Wood