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Brand goose .
[Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgÄs. Cf. Brant.] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.1913 Webster
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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.1913 Webster
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Brant,
a. [See Brent.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.]1913 Webster
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{ Brent , Brant } ,
a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]- 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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- Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
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Your bonnie brow was brent.
Burns.
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