boutonnière (Fr.), a flower made up for the buttonhole, &c.
bowery (Dut.), a farm, plantation.
brachium civile (L.), the civil arm;—brachium seculare, the secular arm.
brava! (It.), well done!
brevet d'invention (Fr.), a patent.
breveté (Fr.), patented.
brevi manu (L.), with a short hand, off-hand.
brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio (L.), in labouring to be brief I become obscure.
brial (Sp.), a rich skirt.
bride (Fr.), the string of a woman's bonnet.