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bridge 1       (brĭj)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway. Something resembling or analogous to this structure in form or function: a land bridge between the continents; a bridge of understanding between two countries. The upper bony ridge of the human nose. The part of a pair of eyeglasses that rests against this ridge. A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard. A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest1. The hand used as a support to steady the cue. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor. An electrical shunt. A fixed or removable replacement for one or several but not all of the natural teeth, usually anchored at each end to a natural tooth. Music A thin, upright piece of wood in some stringed instruments that supports the strings above the soundboard. A transitional passage connecting two subjects or movements. A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest1. The hand used as a support to steady the cue. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor. An electrical shunt. Nautical A crosswise platform or enclosed area above the main deck of a ship from which the ship is controlled. Games A long stick with a notched plate at one end, used to steady the cue in billiards. Also called rest1. The hand used as a support to steady the cue. Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor. An electrical shunt. Electricity Any of various instruments for measuring or comparing the characteristics, such as impedance or inductance, of a conductor. An electrical shunt. Chemistry An intramolecular connection that spans atoms or groups of atoms. tr.v.   bridged, bridg·ing, bridg·es To build a bridge over. To cross by or as if by a bridge. [Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg; see bhrū- in Indo-European roots.] bridge'a·ble adj.

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bridge 2       (brĭj)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Any of several card games derived from whist, usually played by four people in two partnerships, in which trump is determined by bidding and the hand opposite the declarer is played as a dummy. [From earlier biritch (influenced by bridge1), from Russian birich, a call, from Old Russian birichĭ.]

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bridge
noun
1.	a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
2.	a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
3.	something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries"
4.	the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"
5.	any of various card games based on whist for four players
6.	a wooden support that holds the strings up
7.	a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
8.	the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
9.	an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
verb
1.	connect or reduce the distance between
2.	make a bridge across; "bridge a river"
3.	cross over on a bridge

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bridge

see burn one's bridges; cross that bridge when one comes to it; water over the dam (under the bridge).

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bridge       (brĭj)  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) A structure spanning and providing passage over a gap or barrier, such as a river or roadway.

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BRIDGE
A component of ICES for civil engineers.
[Sammet 1969, p. 616].

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bridge networking, hardware
A device which forwards traffic between network segments based on data link layer information. These segments would have a common network layer address.
Every network should only have one root bridge.
See also gateway, router.
(2001-03-04)

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Bridge City, LA (CDP, FIPS 9480) Location: 29.93377 N, 90.16142 W
Population (1990): 8327 (3029 housing units)
Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70094

Bridge City, TX (city, FIPS 10252) Location: 30.02989 N, 93.85090 W
Population (1990): 8034 (3014 housing units)
Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 77611

Natural Bridge S, VA Zip code(s): 24579

Alum Bridge, WV Zip code(s): 26321

Lumber Bridge, NC (town, FIPS 39680) Location: 34.88942 N, 79.07297 W
Population (1990): 109 (50 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28357

Malden Bridge, NY Zip code(s): 12115

Meadow Bridge, WV (town, FIPS 52780) Location: 37.86228 N, 80.85536 W
Population (1990): 325 (161 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25976

Natural Bridge, NY Zip code(s): 13665

Natural Bridge, VA Zip code(s): 24578

Old Bridge, NJ (CDP, FIPS 54690) Location: 40.39295 N, 74.33003 W
Population (1990): 22151 (7145 housing units)
Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08857

Palatine Bridge, NY (village, FIPS 56110) Location: 42.91082 N, 74.57524 W
Population (1990): 520 (221 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13428

Jenkins Bridge, VA Zip code(s): 23399

High Bridge, WI Zip code(s): 54846

High Bridge, NJ (borough, FIPS 31320) Location: 40.66837 N, 74.89572 W
Population (1990): 3886 (1454 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08829

Capon Bridge, WV (town, FIPS 13108) Location: 39.29775 N, 78.43549 W
Population (1990): 192 (100 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 26711

Central Bridge, NY Zip code(s): 12035

Fishing Bridge, WY Zip code(s): 82190

Gauley Bridge, WV (town, FIPS 30364) Location: 38.16829 N, 81.20170 W
Population (1990): 691 (357 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25085

High Bridge, KY Zip code(s): 40390

Wells Bridge, NY Zip code(s): 13859

Golden's Bridge, NY (CDP, FIPS 29476) Location: 41.28591 N, 73.67047 W
Population (1990): 1589 (672 housing units)
Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)

Hemby Bridge, NC (CDP, FIPS 30620) Location: 35.11856 N, 80.63044 W
Population (1990): 2876 (956 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Breaux Bridge, LA (city, FIPS 9340) Location: 30.27820 N, 91.90101 W
Population (1990): 6515 (2588 housing units)
Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Poquonock Bridge, CT (CDP, FIPS 61730) Location: 41.34905 N, 72.02814 W
Population (1990): 2770 (1028 housing units)
Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Union Bridge, MD (town, FIPS 79350) Location: 39.56820 N, 77.17619 W
Population (1990): 910 (371 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Mc Kenzie Bridge, OR Zip code(s): 97413

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Bridge

Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br["u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]

1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.

4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.

Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct.

Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See under Ass, Bascule, Bateau.

Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes.

Bridge of the nose, the upper, bony part of the nose.

Cantalever bridge. See under Cantalever.

Draw bridge. See Drawbridge.

Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means.

Girder bridge or Truss bridge, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.

Lattice bridge, a bridge formed by lattice girders.

Pontoon bridge, Ponton bridge. See under Pontoon.

Skew bridge, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.

Suspension bridge. See under Suspension.

Trestle bridge, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles.

Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.

Wheatstone's bridge (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.

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Bridge\ (br[i^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridged (br[i^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bridging.]

1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.

Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees the streams which could not be forded. --Palfrey.

2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.

Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined. --Milton.

3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

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Brow\, n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br?; akin to AS. br?w, bre['a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br?n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br?v?, Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. ?, Skr. bhr?. Cf. Bray a bank, Bridge.]

1. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.

And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise. --Churchill.

2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.

'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. --Shak.

3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow.

Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. --Shak.

4. The general air of the countenance.

To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. --Milton.

He told them with a masterly brow. --Milton.

5. The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.

To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.

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