GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Brain (brān), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brained (brānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Braining.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   There thou mayst brain him. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   It was the swift celerity of the death . . .
   
   That brained my purpose. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   'T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
   
   Tongue, and brain not. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Brained (), p. a. Supplied with brains.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   If th' other two be brained like us. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]