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Webster 1913 Edition


Brat

Brat

(brăt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bratt
coarse garnment, AS.
bratt
cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W.
brat
clout, rag, Gael.
brat
cloak, apron, rag, Ir.
brat
cloak; properly then, a child’s bib or clout; hence, a child.]
1.
A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wright.
3.
A child; an offspring; – formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
“This brat is none of mine.”
Shak.
“A beggar's brat.”
Swift.
O Israel! O household of the Lord!
O Abraham's
brats
! O brood of blessed seed!
Gascoigne.
4.
The young of an animal.
[Obs.]
L'Estrange.

Brat

,
Noun.
(Mining)
A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brat

BRAT

,
Noun.
A child, so called in contempt.
1.
Offspring; progeny.

Definition 2024


braţ

braț

See also: brat, Brat, BRAT, brát, brãt, and bråţ

Romanian

Noun

braț n (plural brațe)

  1. arm

Declension

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