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The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.

The white polar (Populus alba). Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning.

ler stopped, and tapped her on the head, With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. Mrs. Browning.

Acceptance. [R.] Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning.

Dangling. Browning.

Flowing. Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning.

In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning.

The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

tively. O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning.

To praise; to commend. [Obs.] R. Browning. Appraised the Lycian custom. Tennyson.

in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. A born aristocrat, bred radical. Mrs. Browning.

To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [R.] "Whiskered cats arointed flee." Mrs. Browning.

Capable of being; visible. "The aspectable world." Ray. "Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.

Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning.

With a crust made by browning in the oven; as, spaghetti may be served au gratin.

Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning.

A boxer; a pugilist. R. Browning. Like a new bruiser on Broughtonic aand, Amid the lists our hero takes his stand. T. Warton.

To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs. Browning.

beechen tree. Bp. Hall. The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson. A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.