GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Brown, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned (); p. pr. & vb. n. Browning.]
   1. To make brown or dusky.
   
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   A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
   
   Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow.
   
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   2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, “to brown meat or flour”.
   
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   3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.  Ure.
   
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   browned adj. having a tan color from exposure to the sun; -- of skin color.
   
   Syn. -- suntanned, tanned.
   
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