Crossword clues for brasses
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.]
An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
(Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey.
--Matt. x. 9. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
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pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
--Hopkinson. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
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pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also Dutch gold.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of brass English)
Usage examples of "brasses".
The only remedy was to lift the whole propeller-frame and renew the brasses -- an extremely difficult work when it had to be done in the open sea and on as lively a ship as the Fram.
There is, besides, the disadvantage about a propeller like ours, that it is apt to wear out the brasses, so that these have to be renewed from time to time.
I c'n git a place easy where the' ain't no brasses to clean, an' I'm a-goin' ter, too.
I'm a-goin' to make a reg'lar business of cleanin' brasses all 'round this neighbourhood, an' if you'll stan' by me an' help me fix it all right with the other bosses 'bout here--I'll see 't you don't lose anythin' by it.
On his way to the business district the next morning, he stopped and bought a blank book and a pencil, and wherever he cleaned a sign or a railing that day, he tried to make a regular engagement to keep the brasses in good condition.
All through the next week and for weeks after, Theodore spent his time from nine to five o'clock, cleaning brasses and making contracts for the regular care of them, until he had secured as much work as he could attend to himself.
In one office, while he was busy over the brasses, three gentlemen were discussing the situation, and the boy, as he rubbed and polished, listened intently to what was said.
Whenever there was a little seaway, it was apt to work loose in the brasses.
Our stay at Funchal was somewhat longer than was intended at first, as the engineers found it necessary to take up the propeller and examine the brasses.
Cavernous quit hacking at the brasses individually, and slid Mirabel's knife up under the harness, which parted like butter.
At this point another customer, who had entered the shop and had been thoroughly ignored, said impatiently, "Got any horse brasses?
Go to the antique shop called Bit o' Junk and ask if the man has any horse brasses.
The junkies would identify themselves in Ben's shop by asking for horse brasses.
The third member of the party appeared, along with a shaggy pack pony, its harness hung with a startling number of brightly polished horse brasses.
Cavernous quit hacking at the brasses individually, and slid Mirabel’s knife up under the harness, which parted like butter.