Part 1350

<hw>Brand" spore`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called <i>brand</i>.</def>

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<hw>Bran"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Brandies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[From older <ets>brandywine</ets>, <ets>brandwine</ets>, fr. D. <ets>brandewijn</ets>, fr. p. p. of <ets>branden</ets> to burn, distill + <ets>wijn</ets> wine, akin to G. <ets>branntwein</ets>. See <er>Brand</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Brandy fruit</col>, <cd>fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bran"dy*wine`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Brandy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

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<hw>Bran"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>brangled</ets> confused, entangled, Scot. <ets>brangle</ets> to shake, menace; probably a variant of <ets>wrangle</ets>, confused with <ets>brawl</ets>. &root;95.> ]</ety> <def>A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>brangle</b> between him and his neighbor. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bran"gle</hw>, <tt>v.i</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brangled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brangling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Bran"gle*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Wrangle; brangle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Bran"gler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A quarrelsome person.</def>

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<hw>Bran"gling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A quarrel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Whitlock.</i>

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<hw>Brank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. <ets>brance</ets>, <ets>brace</ets>, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.]</ety> <def>Buckwheat.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw><hw>Brank</hw>, <hw>Branks</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>brangus</ets>, <ets>brangas</ets>, a sort of pillory, Ir. <ets>brancas</ets> halter, or D. <ets>pranger</ets> fetter.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

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<hw>Brank</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>