Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bridge \Bridge\, n.
   A card game resembling whist.

   Note: The trump, if any, is determined by the dealer or his
         partner, the value of each trick taken over six being:
         for ``no trumps'' 12, hearts 8, diamonds 6, clubs 4,
         spades 2. The opponents of the dealer can, after the
         trump is declared, double the value of the tricks, in
         which case the dealer or his partner can redouble, and
         so on. The dealer plays his partner's hand as a dummy.
         The side which first reaches or exceeds 30 points
         scored for tricks wins a game; the side which first
         wins two games wins a rubber. The total score for any
         side is the sum of the points scored for tricks, for
         rubbers (each of which counts 100), for honors (which
         follow a special schedule of value), and for slam,
         little slam, and chicane.

Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bridged}
   (br[i^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bridging}.]
   1. To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a
      river.

            Their simple engineering bridged with felled trees
            the streams which could not be forded. --Palfrey.

   2. To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.

            Xerxes . . . over Hellespont Bridging his way,
            Europe with Asia joined.              --Milton.

   3. To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; --
      generally with over.

Bridge \Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg,
   bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G.
   br["u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan.
   brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge,
   pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]
   1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron,
      erected over a river or other water course, or over a
      chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank
      to the other.

   2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some
      other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in
      engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or
      staging over which something passes or is conveyed.

   3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the
      strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them
      and transmit their vibrations to the body of the
      instrument.

   4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or
      other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

   5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a
      furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a
      {bridge wall}.

   {Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}.

   {Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under
      {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}.

   {Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the
      deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer
      in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects
      the paddle boxes.

   {Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose.

   {Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}.

   {Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}.

   {Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as
      for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure
      connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and
      made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the
      current or other means.

   {Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by
      girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.

   {Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders.

   {Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}.

   {Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as
      sometimes required in railway engineering.

   {Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}.

   {Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short,
      simple girders resting on trestles.

   {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or
      rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates
      riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai
      Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.

   {Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement
      of resistances, so called because the balance between the
      resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of
      a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection
      between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir
      Charles Wheatstone.

Source : WordNet®

bridge
     n 1: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an
          obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn:
          {span}]
     2: a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a
        diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
        [syn: {bridge circuit}]
     3: something resembling a bridge in form or function; "his
        letters provided a bridge across the centuries"
     4: the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose; "her
        glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose"
     5: any of various card games based on whist for four players
     6: a wooden support that holds the strings up
     7: a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
        [syn: {bridgework}]
     8: the link between two lenses; rests on nose [syn: {nosepiece}]
     9: an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
        [syn: {bridge deck}]

bridge
     v 1: connect or reduce the distance between [syn: {bridge over}]
     2: make a bridge across; "bridge a river"
     3: cross over on a bridge

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

BRIDGE
     
        A component of {ICES} for civil engineers.
     
        [Sammet 1969, p. 616].

bridge
     
         A device which forwards traffic between
        {network segments} based on {data link layer} information.
        These segments would have a common {network layer} address.
     
        Every network should only have one {root bridge}.
     
        See also {gateway}, {router}.
     
        (2001-03-04)