[Briareus], a Uranid with 50 heads and 100 arms, son of Ouranos and Gaia, i. e. Heaven and Earth, whom Poseidon cast into the sea and buried under Etna, but whom Zeus delivered to aid him against the Titans; according to another account, one of [the Giants] (q. v.).
[Brice, St.], bishop of Tours in the beginning of the 5th century, and disciple of St. Martin. Festival, Nov. 19.
[Brice's, St.], a day in 1002 on which a desperate attempt was made to massacre all the Danes in England and stamp them wholly out, an attempt which was avenged by the Danish king, Sweyn.
[Brick, Jefferson], an American politician in "Martin Chuzzlewit."
[Bride of the Sea], Venice, so called from a ceremony in which her espousals were celebrated by the Doge casting a ring into the Adriatic.
[Bridewell], a house of correction in Blackfriars, London, so called from St. Bridget's well, near it.
[Bridge of Allan], a village on Allan water, 3 m. N. of Stirling, with a mild climate and mineral waters.
[Bridge of Sighs], a covered way in Venice leading from the Ducal Palace to the State prison, and over which culprits under capital sentence were transported to their doom, whence the name.
[Bridgenorth, Major Ralph], a Roundhead in "Peveril of the Peak."
[Bridgeport] (48), a thriving manufacturing town and seaport of Connecticut, U.S., 58 m. NE. from New York.