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Definition of Brasslike
1. Adjective. Resembling the sound of a brass instrument.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brasslike
| brast brasting brasts brat bratchet bratchets |
Literary usage of Brasslike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outlook for the Philippines by Charles Edward Russell (1922)
""His hair is long, his beard thin, his color brasslike, yet sometimes inclining
to European whiteness: his eye expanded and vivacious, somewhat a la ..."
2. Australia and the Islands of the Sea by Eva Mary Crosby Kellogg, Larkin Dunton (1899)
"They have a brasslike color, inclining to European whiteness, with vivacious
eyes, large nose, and high, prominent cheek bones. They are passionately fond ..."
3. Festus: A Poem by Philip James Bailey (1862)
"... that saving it would slay, As did the lava-floods which choked of yore The
Cyclopean cities — brimming up brasslike their mighty moulds. ..."
4. Festus, a Poem by Philip James Bailey (1847)
"As did the lava-floods which choked of yore The Cyclopean cities — brimming up
brasslike their mighty moulds. And shall the past Thus ruinously perfect aye ..."
5. A Journey Around the World by Edwin S George (1922)
"... who carry away this holy water in their "lotas", a brasslike bottle, and who
are deluded into believing that they may thus obtain special enlightenment. ..."
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