Part 1427

<h1>Browpost</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Brow"post`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A beam that goes across a building.</def>

<h1>Browse</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Browse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>brost</ets>, <ets>broust</ets>, sprout, shoot, F. <ets>brout</ets> browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. <ets>burst</ets>, G. <ets>borste</ets>, bristle; cf. also Armor. <ets>brousta</ets> to browse. See <er>Bristle</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Brush</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On <b>browse</b>, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Browse</h1> <Xpage=185>

<hw>Browse</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Browsed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Browsing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[For <ets>broust</ets>, OF. <ets>brouster</ets>, <ets>bruster</ets>, F. <ets>brouter</ets>. See <er>Browse</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Brut</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.</def>

<blockquote>Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets, The barks of trees thou <b>browsedst</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.</def>

<blockquote>Fields . . . <b>browsed</b> by deep-uddered kine. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Browse</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Browse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pasture; to feed; to nibble.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Browser</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brows"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An animal that browses.</def>

<h1>Browsewood</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Browse"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Srubs and bushes upon which animals browse.</def>

<h1>Browsing</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brows"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse.</def>

<blockquote><b>Browsings</b> for the deer. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Browspot</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Brow"spot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland.</def>

<h1>Bruang</h1> <Xpage=186>

<hw>Bru*ang"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Malayan sun bear.</def>

<h1>Brucine</h1> <Xpage=186>