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    Browse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Browsing.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See Browse, n., and cf. Brut.]
   To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
   1913 Webster
   Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
   The barks of trees thou browsedst.
   Shak.
   
   1913 Webster
   To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
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   Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To look casually through (a book, books, or a set of documents), reading those parts which arouse one's interest. Contrasted with scan, in which one typically is searching for something specific.
   PJC
   (Computers) To look at a series of electronic documents on a computer screen by means of a browser{2}.
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