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Brand" i`ron. 1. A branding iron.

2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet.

3. The horizontal bar of an andiron.

Bran"dish (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brandished (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brandishing.] [OE. braundisen, F. brandir, fr. brand a sword, fr. OHG. brant brand. See Brand, n.] 1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.

The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake.

2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.

Bran"dish, n. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. "Brandishes of the fan." Tailer.

Bran"dish*er (&?;), n. One who brandishes.

Bran"dle (&?;), v. t. & i. [F. brandiller.] To shake; to totter. [Obs.]

{ Brand"ling (&?;), Brand"lin (&?;) }, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

Brand"-new" (&?;), a. [See Brand, and cf. Brannew.] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.

Brand" spore` (&?;). (Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

Bran"dy (&?;), n.; pl. Brandies (&?;). [From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand.] A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.

Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.

Bran"dy*wine` (&?;), n. Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Bran"gle (&?;), n. [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl. √95.> ] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.]

A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift.

Bran"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brangled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling (&?;).] To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]

Bran"gle*ment (&?;), n. Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]

Bran"gler (&?;), n. A quarrelsome person.

Bran"gling (&?;), n. A quarrel. [R.] Whitlock.

Brank (&?;), n. [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.] Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.

{ Brank, Branks, } n. [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D. pranger fetter.] 1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.

2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

Brank, v. i. 1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Brank"ur*sine (&?;), n. [F. branc- ursine, branch-ursine, fr. LL. branca claw + L. ursinus belonging to a bear (fr. ursus bear), i. e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf. Branch.] (Bot.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.

Bran"lin (&?;), n. [Scot. branlie fr. brand.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.