GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Brand goose (). [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgås. Cf. Brant.] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
   
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   Brant (brănt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
   
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   Brant, a. [See Brent.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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    Brent (), Brant  (), a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
   1. Steep; high. [Obs.]
   
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   Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.
   
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   2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
   
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   Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.
   
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