Part 1358

<blockquote>And in my vantbrace put this withered <b>brawn</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.</def>

<blockquote>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 <b>brawn</b>. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A boar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Brawned</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brawned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Brawny; strong; muscular.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Brawner</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brawn"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A boor killed for the table.</def>

<h1>Brawniness</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brawn"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being brawny.</def>

<h1>Brawny</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brawn"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.</def> "<i>Brawny</i> limbs."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust.</syn>

<h1>Braxy</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Brax"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>breac</ets> rheum, <ets>broc</ets> sickness, Ir. <ets>bracha</ets> corruption. <ets>Jamieson</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A diseased sheep, or its mutton.</def>

<h1>Bray</h1> <Xpage=176>

<hw>Bray</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brayed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Braying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>brayen</ets>, OF. <ets>breier</ets>, F. <ets>broyer</ets> to pound, grind, fr. OHG. <ets>brehhan</ets> to break. See <er>Break</er>.]</ety> <def>To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.</def>

<blockquote>Though thou shouldest <b>bray</b> a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. <i>Prov. xxvii. 22.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bray</h1> <Xpage=176>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.</def>

<blockquote>Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can <b>bray</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.</def>

<blockquote>Heard ye the din of battle <b>bray</b>? <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>