| Brand (brand) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Brand |
| [OE. brand,
brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan,
beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., *** G. brand brand,
Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. &radic]32. See Burn,
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A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt,
whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
A sword, so called from its glittering or
flashing brightness.
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.
A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron.
Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
An instrument to brand with; a branding
iron.
Any minute fungus which produces a
burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several
genera of the order Pucciniæi.
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| Brand (brand) |
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| v. t. | ((?)) |
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| Brand |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Branded] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Branding.]. |
To burn a distinctive mark into
or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark
as infamous (as a convict).
To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any
other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of
manufacture, etc.
Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma,
upon.
To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot
iron.
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