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61Brass, Tinto — (1933 ) (Born Giovanni Brass.) Actor, screenwriter, director. Despite what would become his characteristic association with soft porn films, Brass began his career as a passionate cinephile, working for a number of years as an archivist at the… …
62Brass — Which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly copper (Deut. 8:9). It was used for fetters (Judg. 16:21; 2 Kings 25:7), for pieces of armour (1 Sam.… …
63Brass, Tinto — (1933 ) (Born Giovanni Brass.) Actor, screenwriter, director. Despite what would become his characteristic association with soft porn films, Brass began his career as a passionate cinephile, working for a number of years as an archivist at the… …
64brass knuckles — Knuckle Knuc kle, n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn[ o]chel, Sw. knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.] 1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the… …
65brass band — Music. a band made up principally of brass wind instruments. [1825 35] * * * …
66brass rubbing — noun (C, U) the act of making a copy of a brass (5) in a church by putting a piece of paper over it and rubbing it with a soft pencil, or a picture made in this way …
67brass knuckles — a band of metal with four holes that fits over the upper fingers and that is gripped when a fist is made, used for increasing the effect of a blow with the fist. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * …
68brass instrument — musical instruments made of coiled metal tubes and having a cup shaped mouthpiece …
69brass band — /bras ˈbænd/ (say brahs band) noun a band made up chiefly or exclusively of instruments of the horn and trumpet families …
70Drake's Plate of Brass — The so called Drake s Plate of Brass. Note the hole in the lower right. The real plate was described as displaying the queen s portrait on a sixpence coin through a hole in the plate. The so called Drake s Plate of Brass is a forgery that… …
