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• Brimstone — MBDA Brimstone Allgemeine Angaben Typ: Luft Bode …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Brimstone — is an alternate name for sulfur and may also refer to: * Fire and brimstone, a pejorative term for hell as preached in Christianity * Brimstone (book), a 2004 novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child * Brimstone (TV series), a short… …   Wikipedia

• Brimstone — Brim stone, a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. [1913 Webster] From his brimstone bed at break of day A walking the devil has gone. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brimstone — or hell or fire and brimstone [brim′stōn΄] n. [ME brimston < OE brynstan: see BURN1 & STONE] SULFUR: now chiefly in the phrases fire and brimstone, hellfire and brimstone, the torments of damnation to hell …   English World dictionary

• Brimstone — Brim stone, n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See {Burn}, v. t., and {Stone}.] Sulphur; See {Sulphur}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brimstone — O.E. brynstan, from brin stem of brinnen to burn (see BURN (Cf. burn) (v.)) + stan (see STONE (Cf. stone) (n.)). In Middle English the first element also recorded as brem , brom , brum , bren , brin …   Etymology dictionary

• brimstone — ► NOUN 1) archaic sulphur. 2) a large bright yellow or greenish white butterfly. ORIGIN Old English, probably from bryne «burning» + st n «stone» …   English terms dictionary

• Brimstone — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Brimstone (« Soufre », en anglais) peut désigner : Brimstone (Read Dead), une ville fictive du jeu vidéo Red Dead Revolver Brimstone (film …   Wikipédia en Français

• brimstone — 1. adjective Composed of or resembling brimstone; about or pertaining to Hell. [W]ho walked up Aldersgate street to some chapel where she comforts herself with brimstone doctrine. mdash; Charles Dickens, The Uncommercial Traveller 2. noun a)… …   Wiktionary

• brimstone — [[t]brɪ̱mstoʊn[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Brimstone is the same as sulphur. [OLD FASHIONED] 2) PHRASE When people talk about fire and brimstone, they are referring to hell and how they think people are punished there after death. [LITERARY] …   English dictionary