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Webster 1913 Edition

Brawn

Brawn

,
Noun.
[OF.
braon
fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG.
br[GREEK]to
flesh, G.
braten
roast meat; akin to Icel.
br[GREEK][GREEK]
flesh, food of beasts, AS.
br
[GREEK]de roast meat,
br[GREEK]dan
to roast, G.
braten
, and possibly to E.
breed
.]
1.
A muscle; flesh.
[Obs.]
Formed well of
brawns
and of bones.
Chaucer.
2.
Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn
without brains is thine.
Dryden.
It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the
brawn
of the left hand.
E. Hall.
And in my vantbrace put this withered
brawn
.
Shakespeare
3.
The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
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.
4.
A boar.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brawn

BRAWN

,
Noun.
[L. aprugnus, caro aprugna.]
1.
The flesh of a boar, or the animal.
2.
The fleshy, protuberant, muscular part of the body.
3.
Bulk; muscular strength.
4.
The arm, from its muscles or strength.

Definition 2024

brawn

brawn

English

Brawn (terrine)

Noun

brawn ‎(uncountable)

  1. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  2. Physical strength; muscularity.
    • 2000, Stephanie Laurens, A Secret Love, Avon Books (2000), ISBN 0380805707, page 349:
      The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily.
    • 2008, Michael Mandaville, Stealing Thunder, Dog Ear Publishing (2008), ISBN 9781598585353, page 562:
      The two men were husky, picked for their brawn by the little man who sauntered into the room.
    • 2010, Martin Pasko & Robert Greenberger, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia, Del Ray (2010), ISBN 9780345501080, page 218:
      The youth agreed to the scheme and used his brawn to begin moving pieces into place, starting by moving the planet Rann into the Thanagarian star system […]
  3. (chiefly Britain) head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

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Verb

brawn ‎(third-person singular simple present brawns, present participle brawning, simple past and past participle brawned)

  1. (transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
  2. (intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.

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Etymology

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon ‎(“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō ‎(“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô ‎(“meat, roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhre- ‎(“to burn, heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bureue- ‎(“to boil, bubble, burn”). Akin to Old High German brāto ‎(“tender meat”) (German Braten ‎(“roast”)), Old English brǣd ‎(“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð ‎(“raw meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

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