About The Word Brawn
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Brawn
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What's The Definition Of Brawn?
[n] muscular strength
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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.]
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. --Shak.
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.
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