breech : Idioms & Phrases

• noun widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
  bear's breech; Acanthus mollis; sea holly.
  

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• noun widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
  bear's breech; Acanthus mollis; sea holly.
  

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Bear's"-breech` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) See Acanthus, n., 1. (b) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior.

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• noun delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
  breech delivery; breech birth.
  

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• noun a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
  breechblock.
  

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• noun delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
  breech delivery; breech birth.
  

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Breech" pin`, Breech" screw` (Also<

• Breech pin
• Breech screw

)

Definitions

1. A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.

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• noun delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first
  breech delivery; breech birth.
  

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Breech" sight`

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1. A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

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• adjective (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech
  

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Breech"-load`ing adjective

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1. Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

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• noun a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship
  

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• noun delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having white flowers with double spurs
  Dicentra cucullaria.
  

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• (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra.

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• noun position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
  frank breech.
  

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• noun position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
  frank breech.
  

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• noun flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots
  jodhpur breeches; jodhpurs.
  

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• noun trousers ending above the knee
  knee pants; knickers; knickerbockers; breeches.
  

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• breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes.

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• noun flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots
  jodhpur breeches; jodhpurs.
  

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• to usurp the authority of the husband; said of a wife. Colloq.

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• adjective satellite (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  snotty; snot-nosed; bigheaded; stuck-up; persnickety; uppish; snooty.
  
  • a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
  • they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety

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