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iece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey.

A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

A branding iron.

e of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.

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.

ider 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.

A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange.

A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [Western U. S.]

See 1st Bunt.

A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.

crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.