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The act of burning or branding. [Obs.] T. Adams.

A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep. [U.S.]

y derived their common title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn days. Brande & C.

sts of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [Written also lath.] Brande & C.

Lightning. [Obs.] Spenser. Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Ligan. Brande & C.

Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.

shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Brande & C.

Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. -- Luke"ness, n. [Obs.] Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens.

e moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. Brande. Burrill. Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Shak.

by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute. Brande & C.

od nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. Brande & C.

In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.

between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C.

A writ for removing records from one court to another. Brande & C.

ence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself. Brande & C.

e latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. Brande & C. -- Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.

in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. "Our old wine neat." Chapman.

Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] Shak. Note of hand, a promissory note.