A rigid or stiffly flexible sheath used on some bicycles to turn a brake cable neatly around a corner.

(chiefly Britain) A card game somewhat like a simplified form of poker, and one of poker's several ancestors

(figuratively, slang, mildly vulgar) Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively. / (figuratively, slang, mildly vulgar) An instance of absent-mindedness or forgetfulness.

Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).

(cytology) A cell in the brain, such as a neuron or a glial cell. / (colloquial) neuron / (humorous) -- taken as a unit of intelligence

(slang) Especially on trucks, an engine compression release braking system that opens the exhaust valves in each cylinder near the top of their compression strokes in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder.

(military, US) Acronym of Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament. / The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist. / (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A handcuff.

(transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.

Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper. / Any thorny shrub.