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Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Brawn \Brawn\, n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br?to
flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br?? flesh, food
of beasts, AS. br?de roast meat, br?dan to roast, G. braten,
and possibly to E. breed.]
1. A muscle; flesh. [Obs.]
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Formed well of brawns and of bones. --Chaucer.
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2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular
strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body;
sometimes, the arm.
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Brawn without brains is thine. --Dryden.
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It was ordained that murderers should be brent on
the brawn of the left hand. --E. Hall.
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And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. --Shak.
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3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh
of a boar.
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The best age for the boar is from two to five years,
at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him
for brawn. --Mortimer.
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4. A boar. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brawn
n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: {brawn}, {brawniness},
{muscle}, {muscularity}, {sinew}, {heftiness}]
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