Webster's Dictionary 1913

5185

Browdyng

Browd″yng (broud″ĭng/), n. Embroidery.Of goldsmithrye, of browdyng, and of steel.Chaucer.

5186

Browed

Browed (�), a. Having (such) a brow; — used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern-browed.

5187

Browless

Brow″less (�), a. Without shame. L. Addison.

5188

Brown

Brown (�), a. [Compar.Browner (�); superl.Brownest.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br�n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br�n, Icel. br�nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. bab...

5189

Brown (2)

Brown, n. A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

5190

Brown (3)

Brown, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Browned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Browning.] 1. To make brown or dusky.A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves...

5191

Brown (4)

Brown, v. i. To become brown.

5192

Brown bill

Brown″ bill′ (�). [Brown + bill cutting tool.] A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brow...

5193

Brown race

Brown race. The Malay or Polynesian race; — loosely so called.

5194

Brown thrush

Brown″ thrush″ (�). (Zoöl.) A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; — also called brown thrasher.

5195

Brownback

Brown″back′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.

5196

Brownian

Brown″i‐an (�), a. Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.Brownian movement, the peculiar, rapid, vibra...

5197

Brownie

Brown″ie (�), n. [So called from its supposed tawny or swarthy color.] An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by...

5198

Browning

Brown″ing, n. 1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation fo...

5199

Brownish

Brown″ish, a. Somewhat brown.

5200

Brownism

Brown″ism (�), n.(Eccl. Hist.) The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists. Milton.

5201

Brownism (2)

Brown″ism, n.(Med.) The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See Brunonian.

5202

Brownist

Brown″ist, n.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and co...

5203

Brownist (2)

Brown″ist, n.(Med.) One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.

5204

Brownness

Brown″ness, n. The quality or state of being brown.Now like I brown (O lovely brown thy hair);Only in brownness beauty dwelleth there.Drayton.

5205

Brownstone

Brown″stone′ (�), n. A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.

5206

Brownwort

Brown″wort′ (�), n.(Bot.) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.

5207

Browny

Brown″y (�), a. Brown or, somewhat brown. “Browny locks.” Shak.

5208

Browpost

Brow″post′ (�), n.(Carp.) A beam that goes across a building.

5209

Browse

Browse (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., ...

5210

Browse (2)

Browse, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Browsed (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Browsing.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See Browse, n., and cf. Brut.] 1. To eat or nibble off, as...

5211

Browse (3)

Browse (brouz), v. i. 1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. Shak.