bride : Idioms & Phrases
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Bride of the sea
- the city of Venice.
Webster 1913
bride price
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noun money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride
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bride's bonnet
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noun plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
queen's cup; Clintonia uniflora.
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bride-ale
Bride"-ale` noun
Etymology
SeeDefinitions
A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale .The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson.
Webster 1913
bride-gift
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noun a wedding present to the bride
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bride-to-be
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noun a woman who is engaged to be married
fiancee.
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Mourning bride
(Bot.) , a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea ) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.
Webster 1913
saint bride
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noun Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
St. Brigid; Bridget; St. Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; Bride; Saint Bride.
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st. bride
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noun Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
St. Brigid; Bridget; St. Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; Bride; Saint Bride.
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war bride
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noun bride of a serviceman during wartime