brig

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹɪɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡ === Etymology 1 === Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons. ==== Noun ==== brig (plural brigs) (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft. ===== Derived terms ===== brig rat ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== hermaphrodite brig gun-brig ==== Verb ==== brig (third-person singular simple present brigs, present participle brigging, simple past and past participle brigged) (US, military slang, dated) To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag. (US, military slang, dated) To jail, to confine into the guardhouse. ===== See also ===== goldbrick ===== References ===== Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 22 === Etymology 2 === From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge. ==== Noun ==== brig (plural brigs) (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge. ===== Derived terms ===== Brig o' Turk === Etymology 3 === Clipping of brigadier. ==== Noun ==== brig (plural brigs) Brigadier. === References === “brig” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. === Anagrams === BIRG, RGBI == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English bryċġ. ==== Noun ==== brig alternative form of brigge === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge. ==== Noun ==== brig bridge ===== Alternative forms ===== brigg, bryg, bregg ===== Descendants ===== Scots: brig, brigg, breeg→ English: brig, brigg == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /briːj/ Rhymes: -iːj === Noun === brīġ m alternative form of brīw == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiɣʲ/ === Noun === brig inflection of brí: accusative/dative singular nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural === Mutation === == Polabian == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brik/ === Noun === brig m ? bank, shore (of a river) === References === Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “brig”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 52 Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “brig”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 41 == Scots == === Alternative forms === brigg, breeg === Etymology === From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja. === Noun === brig bridge Stirling Brig ― Stirling Bridge ==== Descendants ==== → English: brig, brigg == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === brȇg (Ekavian) brijȇg (Ijekavian) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-. === Noun === brȋg m inan (Cyrillic spelling бри̑г) hill, hillock (smaller hill) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== brižje == Welsh == === Etymology === Morris Jones derives it from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“trench; boundary”) [see crib (“comb; ridge”)], by metathesis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /briːɡ/ Rhymes: -iːɡ === Noun === brig (no singular) treetop, crown of a tree crest, peak, summit, top hair (on head) Synonym: gwallt ==== Derived terms ==== ar frig y byd (“on top of the world”) brigau'r twynau (“lady's bedstraw”) briger (“tresses, locks”) brig Gwener (“maidenhair fern”) ==== Related terms ==== brigell (“anther”) === Mutation === === References ===