Bren
(Bren Bren"ne) v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Brent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brenning.] [See Burn.] To
burn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall.
W. Browne.
Bren
(Bren), n. Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Brennage
(Bren"nage) n. [OF. brenage; cf. LL. brennagium, brenagium. See Bran.] (Old Eng. Law)
A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.
Brenningly
(Bren"ning*ly), adv. Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]
Brent
(Brent Brant) a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
1. Steep; high. [Obs.]
Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
Ascham.
2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was brent.
Burns.
Brent
(Brent), imp. & p. p. of Bren. Burnt. [Obs.]
Brent
(Brent), n. [Cf. Brant.] A brant. See Brant.
