Breasted

Breasted
Breasted Breast"ed, a. Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat. [1913 Webster]

The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]


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  • -breasted — breasted, combining form. having a breast: »Broad breasted = having a broad breast …   Useful english dictionary

  • Breasted —   [ brestəd], James Henry, amerikanischer Historiker und Orientalist, * Rockford (Illinois) 27. 8. 1865, ✝ New York 2. 12. 1935; studierte u. a. in Berlin und war seit 1894 (erster amerikanischer) Professor für Ägyptologie in Chicago, 1919… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Breasted — James H. Breasted, 1928 James Henry Breasted (* 27. August 1865 in Rockford; Illinois; † 2. Dezember 1935 in New York, NY) war ein US amerikanischer Ägyptologe und Historiker …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Breasted — Breast Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breasting}.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. [1913 Webster] The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • breasted — adjective having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds small breasted red breasted sandpiper • Ant: ↑breastless • Similar to: ↑bosomed …   Useful english dictionary

  • breasted — /bres tid/, adj. 1. having a breast. 2. having a specified kind of breast (usually used in combination): narrow breasted. [1275 1300; ME; see BREAST, ED3] * * * …   Universalium

  • breasted — breast ► NOUN 1) either of the two soft, protruding organs on a woman s chest which secrete milk after pregnancy. 2) a person s or animal s chest region. ► VERB 1) face and move forwards against or through. 2) reach the top of (a hill).… …   English terms dictionary

  • Breasted, James Henry — ▪ American archaeologist born Aug. 27, 1865, Rockford, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 2, 1935, New York City       American Egyptologist, archaeologist, and historian who promoted research on ancient Egypt and the ancient civilizations of western Asia.… …   Universalium

  • Breasted, James Henry — (1865–1935)    American Egyptologist. He was born in Rockford, Illinois, on 27 August 1865. He studied at Yale University and later in Berlin. Breasted obtained a post at the University of Chicago in 1895, where later in 1905 he became professor… …   Ancient Egypt

  • breasted grenadier — mažaakis ilgauodegis grenadierius statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Coryphaenoides pectoralis angl. breasted grenadier; giant grenadier rus. малоглазый долгохвост ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

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