Made+of+brass
31brass knuckles — A weapon used for offense and defense, worn upon the hand to strike with as if striking with the fist. When first known and used, the weapon was commonly made of brass, but it is now made of steel, platinum or other heavy metal, as well as of… …
32brass — The bright yellow or golden alloy of copper and zinc, in the proportion of about two parts of copper to one part zinc. The zinc makes brass stronger and harder than copper is alone. It is malleable and ductile, though variations in its… …
33brass monkey — /bras ˈmʌŋki/ (say brahs mungkee) phrase Colloquial 1. brass monkey weather, very cold weather. 2. cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, extremely cold. {US (mid 19th century); with reference to a monkey figurine made of brass,… …
34brass-rubbing — /bras rub ing, brahs /, n. 1. an antiquarian s technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like. 2. a copy made by brass rubbing. Cf. rubbing (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * …
35brass punch — A drift or punch made of brass which is used to remove bushings and bearing races because brass does not score or mark steel …
36brass-rubbing — /bras rub ing, brahs /, n. 1. an antiquarian s technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like. 2. a copy made by brass rubbing. Cf. rubbing (def. 2). [1885 90] …
37brass band — group of musicians who play wind instruments made of brass …
38brass — [brɑːs] noun [U] 1) a shiny yellow metal that is a mixture of COPPER and ZINC 2) musical instruments made of brass such as TRUMPETS …
39Brass Eye — Format Mockumentary Created by Chris Morris Starring Chris Morris Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes …
40Brass (TV series) — Brass was a British television sitcom, made by Granada Television for ITV.Set mostly in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire mining town in the 1930s, Brass was a comedy satirising not only all the it s grim oop North dramas of the 1970s (most… …
