Glossary B

Breeding livestock is characterized as livestock owned for the primary purpose of producing offspring.

Breed refers to animals such as a cattle or a horse of common origin and having characteristics that distinguish them from other groups within the same species.

Breading machine is decribed as a horizontal rotating cylinder set on a base with a drive motor and filled with breading mix. Food is placed in one end, carried through the cylinder by an internally mounted auger, and discharged at the other end. Food is tumbled in breading mix.

Bread slicer is described as a motor-driven machine with a multiple set of reciprocating knives in a single frame through which bread is pushed, or vice versa; motor-driven or hand--operated machine with a single revolving knife to slice single slices while a bread loaf is moved along in a chute by a gear driven plate.

Brazing Joining metals by flowing a thin layer of molten, nonferrous filler metal into the space between them.

Burley is a highly developed tobacco plants, the culture of which has recently expanded. This type of tobacco does not ferment like the "Dark", but generally matures. Although barley is not very aromatic, it is very useful in blending.

Broker is defined as an individual or business who represents manufacturers in a market area on a commission basis. Most represent multiple, non-competing lines.

Bioflocculation refers to the clumping together of fine, dispersed organic particles by the action of certain bacteria and algae.