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Webster 1913 Edition
Brant
Brant
(brănt)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
A species of wild goose (
Branta bernicla
) – called also brent
and brand goose
. The name is also applied to other related species. Brant
,Adj.
[See
Brent
.] Steep.
[Prov. Eng.]
{
, Brent
,Brant
}Adj.
[AS.
brant
; akin to Dan. brat
, Icel. brattr
, steep.] 1.
Steep; high.
[Obs.]
Grapes grow on the
brant
rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.
2.
Smooth; unwrinkled.
[Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was
brent
. Burns.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brant
BRANT
,Noun.