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Bridge

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Bridges

ROBERT, English poetlaureate; born Oct. 23, 1844. He was

Briel

or BRIELLE, sometimes THE

Brigade

a portion of an army, whether infantry, cavalry, or artillery, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadiergeneral.

Brigade Major

a staff officer attached to the brigade to assist the of- Inland Navigation in Great Britain," born in 1736. With the assistance of adier-general. It is in common use in the armies of modern civilized nations, the forces being divided into brigades in charge of brigadiers.

Brigadier-General

a military officer of intermediate rank, between a major-general and was deprived of the commonest coma colonel. See forts. He became ultimately the possesarmor worn in the Middle Ages, consisting of thin jointed scales of plate, generally sewed upon linen or leather, in London, March 3, 1803.

Bristol

a cathedral city of England, a municipal and a parliamentary borough, situated partly in Gloucesterpool and Manchester which was coming a county in itself. It stands at the moted the Grand Trunk Canal navigation, and by the two schemes, for a whence the combined stream (the Avon) was deprived of the commonest comthe Bristol Channel. The town is built

Bristol

FRANK MILTON, Methodist Episcopal bishop, born in Orleans co., N. Y., in 1851. He studied for the ministry and held important pasleans co., N. Y., in 1851. He studied was elected bishop in 1908. He is an eloquent preacher and voluminous writer.

Among his publications are "Shakesand America," "Providential Epochs," and "The Ministry of Art." peare

Bristol Bay

an arm of Bering Sea, lying immediately to the N. of the peninsula of Alaska, receives the waters of two large lakes, by which communication with the interior is opened up for a considerable distance.

Britannia

the name applied by Cæsar and other Roman writers to the island of Great Britain; Aristotle having referred to the Nēsoi Bretannikai (British Isles) as early as the 4th century B. C. (British Isles) as early as the 4th cen-

British Gum

a substance of a brownish color, and very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° F.

Broach

or BAROACH, a town in Guzerat (Gujerat), Hindustan, on the Nerbudda, one of the oldest seaports of western India, with a considerable coast ing trade. The town was taken by storm by the British in 1772, and, with the district, ceded to them by treaty with Scindia, in 1803. Pop. 45,000.

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