2. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way,
as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of
manufacture, etc.
3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy.
--Prescott.
There were the enormities, branded and condemned by
the first and most natural verdict of common
humanity. --South.
4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
As if it were branded on my mind. --Geo. Eliot.
Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it
on a matted roof. --Palfrey.
2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing
brightness. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by
that flaming brand. --Milton.
3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to
designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the
contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; --
also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way,
as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind;
grade; as, a good brand of flour.
4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark
of infamy or vice; a stigma.
The brand of private vice. --Channing.
5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
6. (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance
in plants. The brands are of many species and several
genera of the order {Puccini[ae]i}.