Brand-new
(Brand"-new") a. [See Brand, and cf. Brannew.] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the
forge.
Brand spore
(Brand" spore`) (Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by
one of the fungi called brand.
Brandy
(Bran"dy) n.; pl. Brandies [From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p.
of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand.] A strong alcoholic liquor
distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States
to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from
grain.
Brandy fruit,
fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
Brandywine
(Bran"dy*wine`) n. Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Brangle
(Bran"gle) n. [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably
a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl. &radic95.> ] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
[R.]
A brangle between him and his neighbor.
Swift.
Brangle
(Bran"gle), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brangled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling ] To wrangle; to dispute
contentiously; to squabble. [R.]
Branglement
(Bran"gle*ment) n. Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]
Brangler
(Bran"gler) n. A quarrelsome person.
Brangling
(Bran"gling) n. A quarrel. [R.] Whitlock.
Brank
(Brank) n. [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white
kind of corn.] Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.
Brank
(Brank, Branks), n. [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D.
pranger fetter.]
1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.
2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame
surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
Brank
(Brank), v. i.
1. To hold up and toss the head; — applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Brankursine
(Brank"ur*sine) n. [F. branc- ursine, branch-ursine, fr. LL. branca claw + L. ursinus
belonging to a bear i. e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf. Branch.]
(Bot.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
Branlin
(Bran"lin) n. [Scot. branlie fr. brand.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it
has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
Branlin
(Bran"lin), n. [See Brand.] A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; —
so called from its red color.