Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Brown"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brown \Brown\, n.
A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the
mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a
tawny, dusky hue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brown \Brown\, a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE.
brun, broun, AS. br?n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br?n, Icel.
br?nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr.
babhru. [root]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish},
{Brunette}.]
Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or
yellow.

Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow.

{Brown Bess}, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket,
with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.

{Brown bread}
(a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat
flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham
bread. ``He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt
brown bread and garlic.'' --Shak.
(b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or
of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.]


{Brown coal}, wood coal. See {Lignite}.

{Brown hematite} or {Brown iron ore} (Min.), the hydrous iron
oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See {Limonite}.


{Brown holland}. See under {Holland}.

{Brown paper}, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping
paper, made of unbleached materials.

{Brown spar} (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in
part identical with ankerite.

{Brown stone}. See {Brownstone}.

{Brown stout}, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor.

{Brown study}, a state of mental abstraction or serious
reverie. --W. Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Browning}.]
1. To make brown or dusky.

A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the
dim void and darkens deep the groves. --Barlow.

2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
flour.

3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brown \Brown\, v. i.
To become brown.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

brown
adj : of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn: {brownish},
{dark-brown}]
n 1: an orange of low brightness and saturation [syn: {brownness}]
2: Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small
particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion
(1773-1858) [syn: {Brown}, {Robert Brown}]
3: abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful
raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) [syn: {Brown},
{John Brown}]
v : fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the
pan"


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