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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), noun [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br["u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]
1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a {bridge wall}.
{Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}.
{Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}.
{Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes.
{Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose.
{Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}.
{Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}.
{Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means.
{Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.
{Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders.
{Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}.
{Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering.
{Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}.
{Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles.
{Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.
{Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bridged} (br[i^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bridging}.]
1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees the streams which could not be forded. --Palfrey.
2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way, Europe with Asia joined. --Milton.
3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bridge \Bridge\, noun A card game resembling whist.
Note: The trump, if any, is determined by the dealer or his partner, the value of each trick taken over six being: for "no trumps" 12, hearts 8, diamonds 6, clubs 4, spades 2. The opponents of the dealer can, after the trump is declared, double the value of the tricks, in which case the dealer or his partner can redouble, and so on. The dealer plays his partner's hand as a dummy. The side which first reaches or exceeds 30 points scored for tricks wins a game; the side which first wins two games wins a rubber. The total score for any side is the sum of the points scored for tricks, for rubbers (each of which counts 100), for honors (which follow a special schedule of value), and for slam, little slam, and chicane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: For contract bridge, the scoring system has adopted different values, with 100 points required for a game. The penalties for failing to make a contract also vary with the score thus far achieved by the playing team, and with the degree, if any, of doubling during the auction. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn: {bridge}, {span}]
2: a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected [syn: {bridge}, {bridge circuit}]
3: something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his letters provided a bridge across the centuries"
4: the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"
5: any of various card games based on whist for four players
6: a wooden support that holds the strings up
7: a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth [syn: {bridge}, {bridgework}]
8: the link between two lenses; rests on the nose [syn: {bridge}, {nosepiece}]
9: an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands [syn: {bridge}, {bridge deck}]
verb
1: connect or reduce the distance between [syn: {bridge}, {bridge over}]
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