Hypertext Webster Gateway: "browse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Browse \Browse\ (brouz), n. [OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot,
F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste,
bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See {Bristle},
n., {Brush}, n.]
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the
food of cattle and other animals; green food. --Spenser.
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed, On
browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Browse \Browse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browsed} (brouzd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Browsing}.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F.
brouter. See {Browse}, n., and cf. {Brut}.]
1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees,
shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some
other animals.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst. --Shak.
2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine.
--Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Browse \Browse\ (brouz), v. i.
1. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or
trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
2. To pasture; to feed; to nibble. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
browse
n 1: reading superficially or at random [syn: {browsing}]
2: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: {browsing}]
v 1: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
just browsing" [syn: {shop}]
2: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
{crop}, {graze}, {range}, {pasture}]
3: look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything
in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the
internet or the world wide web" [syn: {surf}]
4: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food
at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
[syn: {graze}]
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