Brand

1. v. t. Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
2. v. t. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
3. v. t. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
4. v. t. 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.
5. v. t. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
6. v. t. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.

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Brand spore

1. One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

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Branded

1. imp. & p. p. of Brand

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Branding

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Brand

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Brander

1. n. A gridiron.
2. n. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.

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Brand goose

1. A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

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Brandied

1. a. Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

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Branding iron

1. An iron to brand with.

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Brand iron

1. The horizontal bar of an andiron.
2. A branding iron.
3. A trivet to set a pot on.

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Brandished

1. imp. & p. p. of Brandish

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