Definition of brassaia

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

He pulled with all his strength at the heavy , brass bound door , and shuffled along the wainscoted wall .

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

Looking_around slowly , he saw a marble fireplace , a desk , a low bookcase of mahogany with criss-crossed brass wire instead of glass panes in the doors .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward , and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

First_of_all , the six figures of the Buddha you heisted - four Siamese heads , a black obsidian statuette in the earth touching position , and a large brass figure of the Dying_Buddha on a teakwood base .

The three Indian brass deities , though - Ganessa , Siva , and Krishna - are an altogether different cup_of_tea .