Part 1426

<h1>Brownie</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from its supposed <ets>tawny</ets> or <ets>swarthy</ets> color.]</ety> <def>An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Browning</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.</def>

<h1>Brownish</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat brown.</def>

<h1>Brownism</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Brownism</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ism</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See <er>Brunonian</er>.</def>

<h1>Brownist</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of Robert <i>Brown</i>, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers.</def>

<h1>Brownist</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.</def>

<h1>Brownness</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being brown.</def>

<blockquote>Now like I brown (O lovely brown thy hair); Only in <b>brownness</b> beauty dwelleth there. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brownstone</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes.</def>

<h1>Brown thrush</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown" thrush"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A common American singing bird (<spn>Harporhynchus rufus</spn>), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called <i>brown thrasher</i>.</def>

<h1>Brownwort</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of figwort or <spn>Scrophularia</spn> (<spn>S. vernalis</spn>), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.</def>

<h1>Browny</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brown"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Brown or, somewhat brown.</def> "<i>Browny</i> locks."

<i>Shak.</i>