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A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.

One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.

Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

An iron to brand with.

raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake.

One who brandishes.

To shake; to totter. [Obs.]

Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

der and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.

Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman.

To dress with a crandall.

for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. mission.

See Farrand, n.

A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair. Simmonds.

A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.

Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.] Grose.

A stuff made of silk and wool. I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys.

A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange.

An ornamental branched candlestick.

Glittering. [Obs.] Spenser.