Hypertext Webster Gateway: "browsing"
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)
Browsing \Brows"ing\, n.
Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may
browse.
Browsings for the deer. --Howell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
browsing
n 1: reading superficially or at random [syn: {browse}]
2: the act of feeding by continual nibbling [syn: {browse}]
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