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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 , 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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