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Brisling
- noun - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
- small herring processed like a sardine
Broiling
- verb - be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat"
- cook under a broiler; "broil fish"
- cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
- heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
Bronzing
- verb - get a tan, from wind or sun
- give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes"
Brooding
- verb - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
- persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- think moodily or anxiously about something
Brooming
- verb - finish with a broom
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
Browning
- verb - cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
- English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
- English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
- fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"
- make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
- United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
Browsing
- verb - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
- feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
- reading superficially or at random
- shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
Bruising
- verb - break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
- brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"
- causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
- hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"
Bruiting
- verb - tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
- the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.