brain

Definitions

1. 1.(Zoöl.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
2. 2.The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. " My brain is too dull." Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense, often used in the plural.
3. 3.The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] Shak. To have on the brain, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] Brain box or case, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. -- Brain coral, Brain stone coral (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria. -- Brain fag (Med.), brain weariness. See Cerebropathy. -- Brain fever (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. -- Brain sand, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
4. 4.To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat. There thou mayst brain him. Shak. It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That brained my purpose. Shak.
5. 5.To conceive; to understand. [Obs.] brain not. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates called?
• What is the organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. " My brain is too dull." Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense, often used in the plural called?
• What is to conceive; to understand. [Obs.] brain not. Shak called?