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brunt
(encz) | brunt,nápor n: Zdeněk Brož |
Brunt
(gcide) | Brunt \Brunt\ (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna
to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.]
1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or
greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a
battle.
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2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of
cannon ball." --Hudibras.
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It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our
first brunt with some real affair of common life.
--I. Taylor.
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brunt
(wn) | brunt
n 1: main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack" |
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bear the brunt
(encz) | bear the brunt,přijmout vinu Zdeněk Brož |
Brunt
(gcide) | Brunt \Brunt\ (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna
to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.]
1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or
greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a
battle.
[1913 Webster]
2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of
cannon ball." --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]
It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our
first brunt with some real affair of common life.
--I. Taylor.
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polemonium van-bruntiae
(wn) | Polemonium van-bruntiae
n 1: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
white flowers [syn: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian,
charity, Polemonium caeruleum, {Polemonium van-
bruntiae}, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae] |
polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
(wn) | Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
n 1: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
white flowers [syn: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian,
charity, Polemonium caeruleum, {Polemonium van-
bruntiae}, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae] |
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