Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Browned"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
browned
adj : (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a
young bronzed Apollo" [syn: {bronzed}, {suntanned}, {tanned}]
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