See Also: brakeman(medicine)
Brakeman - Bobsledding(gambling)
Nettle(medicine)
sea nettle(medicine)
nettle(1)(dictionary)
nettle(2)(dictionary)
Nettle Soup(recipes)
stinging nettle(dictionary)
nettle rash(dictionary)
nettle 2, verb(dictionary)

nettle 1, noun (oh) and brakeman (medicine)


nettle 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: netel]
a wild plant with rough leaves that sting you
-see also grasp the nettle at grasp 1 (4), stinging nettle

brakeman (medicine)


brakeman


1. A man in charge of a brake or brakes.

2. <chemical> The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Source: Websters Dictionary