Helen Fenton

Branks: Definition and part of speech

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Branks

  1. n. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
  2. n. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Branlin: Definition and part of speech

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Branlin

  1. n. A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; — so called from its red color.
  2. n. A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brant: Definition and part of speech

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Brant

  1. a. Steep.
  2. n. A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) — called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.