A bridge whose floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them.

A bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.

An empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature; formerly used in medicine and by lapidaries.

(New England, obsolete, idiomatic) Drunkenness.

(New England, idiomatic, obsolete) To be drunk.

A drawbridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.

(railway) A bridge that carries the track upon the upper chords, distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.

Alternative letter-case form of bright young thing

(idiomatic, sometimes capitalized) One who is youthful, clever, eager, and high-spirited in manner and attractive in appearance.

usually any bridge over a roadway under which vehicles above a certain height cannot pass, as well as high loads.