Word Meanings - PERCHERON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.

• Brewhouse
  A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
• Breakneck
  A fall that breaks the neck.
• Calligraphical
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
• Breasthook
  A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side.
• Callosity
  A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
• Breathe
  To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
• Draughthouse
  A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.
• Breeches
  A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
• Originator
  One who originates.
• Bregmatic
  Pertaining to the bregma.
• BREECHSIGHT
  A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.
• Brethren
  pl. of Brother.
• Breviature
  An abbreviature; an abbreviation.
• Breadthless
  Without breadth.
• Brewis
  Broth or pottage.
• Break-up
  Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.
• Calligraphist
  A calligrapher
• Breastknot
  A knot of ribbons worn on the breast.
• Callosum
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• Breather
  One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

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