Part 796

Brawl"er (&?;), n. One that brawls; wrangler.

Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.

Brawl"ing, a. 1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.

She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak.

2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3.

A brawling stream. J. S. Shairp.

Brawl"ing*ly, adv. In a brawling manner.

Brawn (&?;), n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br&?;to flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br&?;&?; flesh, food of beasts, AS. br&?;de roast meat, br&?;dan to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed.] 1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]

Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer.

2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.

Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden.

It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall.

And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.

3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.

The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn. Mortimer.

4. A boar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Brawned (&?;), a. Brawny; strong; muscular. [Obs.] Spenser.

Brawn"er (&?;), n. A boor killed for the table.

Brawn"i*ness (&?;), n. The quality or state of being brawny.

Brawn"y (&?;), a. Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." W. Irving.

Syn. -- Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust.

Brax"y (&?;), n. [Cf. AS. breac rheum, broc sickness, Ir. bracha corruption. Jamieson.] 1. A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities. [Scot.]

2. A diseased sheep, or its mutton.

Bray (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Braying.] [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break.] To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22.

Bray, v. i. [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.]

1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden.