[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brass \brass\, n.; pl. brasses. oe. bras, bres, as. braes;
   akin to icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
   and to e. braze, brazen. cf. 1st  2d braze.
   1. an alloy usually yellow of copper and zinc, in variable
      proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
      one part of zinc. it sometimes contains tin, and rarely
      other metals.
      1913 webster

   2. mach. a journal bearing, so called because frequently
      made of brass. a brass is often lined with a softer metal,
      when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
      see axle box, journal box, and bearing.
      1913 webster

   3. coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. obs.
      1913 webster

            provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
            purses, nor scrip for your journey.   --matt. x. 9.
      1913 webster

   4. impudence; a brazen face. colloq.
      1913 webster

   5. pl. utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
      1913 webster

            the very scullion who cleans the brasses.
                                                  --hopkinson.
      1913 webster

   6. a brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
      specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
      generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
      1913 webster

   7. pl. mining lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
      color of which is near to that of brass.
      1913 webster

   note: the word brass as used in sculpture language is a
         translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
         1913 webster

   note: brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
         compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
         founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
         1913 webster

   brass band mus., a band of musicians who play upon wind
      instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.

   brass foil, brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets;
      -- called also dutch gold.
      1913 webster
see also:
brasses braze axle box journal box bearing brass band 
brass foil brass leaf dutch gold 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brass band
     n : a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion
         instruments

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