Brandywine
(Bran"dy*wine`) n. Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Brangle
(Bran"gle) n. [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably
a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl. &radic95.> ] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
[R.]
A brangle between him and his neighbor.
Swift.
Brangle
(Bran"gle), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brangled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling ] To wrangle; to dispute
contentiously; to squabble. [R.]
Branglement
(Bran"gle*ment) n. Wrangle; brangle. [Obs.]
Brangler
(Bran"gler) n. A quarrelsome person.
Brangling
(Bran"gling) n. A quarrel. [R.] Whitlock.
Brank
(Brank) n. [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white
kind of corn.] Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.
Brank
(Brank, Branks), n. [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D.
pranger fetter.]
1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.
2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame
surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
Brank
(Brank), v. i.
1. To hold up and toss the head; — applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Brankursine
(Brank"ur*sine) n. [F. branc- ursine, branch-ursine, fr. LL. branca claw + L. ursinus
belonging to a bear i. e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf. Branch.]
(Bot.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
Branlin
(Bran"lin) n. [Scot. branlie fr. brand.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it
has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
Branlin
(Bran"lin), n. [See Brand.] A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; —
so called from its red color.
