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Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.

Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne.

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]

of Bren. Burnt. [Obs.]

Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.

pl. of Brother.

A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.]

Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne.

Castrensial. [R.]

f similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [Written also cedren.]

pl. of Child.

circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton.

Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. Parkhurst.

So as to surround or encircle.

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360º, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.…

A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

See King-at-arms.

A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.