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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Bruno the Great

Language; Encyclopedias

Third son of Henry the Fowler; archbishop of Cologne, chancellor of the Empire, a great lover of learning, and promoter of it among the clergy, who he thought should, before all, ...

Brunonian system

Language; Encyclopedias

A system which regards and treats diseases as due to defective or excessive excitation, as sthenic or asthenic. See Brown, John.

Brunswick

Language; Encyclopedias

A N. German duchy, made up of eight detached parts, mostly in the upper basin of the Weser; is mountainous, and contains part of the Harz Mts.; climate and crops are those of N. ...

Brussels

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On the Senne, 27 m. S. of Antwerp, is the capital of Belgium, in the heart of the country. The old town is narrow and crooked, but picturesque; the town-hall a magnificent ...

Bruyère

Language; Encyclopedias

A French writer, author of "Charactères de Théophraste," a satire on various characters and manners of his time (1644-1696).

Bubastis

Language; Encyclopedias

An Egyptian goddess, the Egyptian Diana, the wife of Ptah; and a city in Lower Egypt, on the eastern branch of the Nile.

Buccaneers

Language; Encyclopedias

An association, chiefly English and French, of piratical adventurers in the 16th and 17th centuries, with their head-quarters in the Caribbean Sea, organised to plunder the ships ...