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What's The Definition Of Brown?
[n] an orange of low brightness and saturation
[n] abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) [n] Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) [adj] of a color similar to that of wood or earth [v] fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan" Synonyms | Synonyms for Brown: brownish | brownness | chromatic | dark-brown | John Brown | Robert Brown Related Terms | Find terms related to Brown: acorn | alesan | alizarin brown | anthracene brown | anthragallol | antique brown | antique gold | Argos brown | autumn leaf | bake | barbecue | baste | becloud | bedarken | bedim | begloom | beige | biscuit | bister | black | black out | blacken | blanch | block the light | blot out | boil | bone brown | Bordeaux | bracken | braise | brew | broil | bronze | brown race | browning | brownish | brownish-yellow | brownness | brunet | bunny brown | burn | burnt almond | cafe noir | cast a shadow | chocolate | cinnamon | cloud | cloud over | cocoa | cocoa-brown | coconut | coddle | coffee | coffee-brown | Cologne brown | cook | curry | darken | darken over | dead leaf | devil | dim | dim out | do | do to perfection | doeskin | drab | dun | dun-brown | dun-drab | eclipse | ecru | embrown | encloud | encompass with shadow | fawn | fawn-colored | fire | foliage brown | fox | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | fry | fuscous | gloom | grege | griddle | grill | hazel | heat | infuscate | infuscation | khaki | leather | lurid | maple sugar | Mexican red | mummy | murk | negro | nut-brown | obfuscate | obnubilate | obscure | obumbrate | occult | occultate | olive brown | olive-brown | olive-drab | oriole | otter brown | oven-bake | overcast | overcloud | overshadow | pan | pan-broil | parboil | partridge | philamot | poach | prepare | prepare food | raw sienna | raw umber | resorcin dark brown | roast | Roman umber | rust | Saint Benoit | saute | scallop | seal | seal-brown | sear | sepia | shade | shadow | shirr | simmer | snuff-colored | somber | sorrel | steam | stew | stir-fry | sunburn | suntan | tan | taupe | tawny | tenne | terra sienna | terra umbra | toast | toast-brown | topaz | Turkey umber | umber | umber-colored | walnut | walnut-brown | yellowish-brown See Also | abolitionist | botanist | buff | burnt sienna | burnt umber | caramel | caramel brown | chocolate | chromatic color | chromatic colour | coffee | cook | deep brown | emancipationist | light brown | olive brown | phytologist | plant scientist | puce | raw sienna | reddish brown | sepia | spectral color | spectral colour | taupe | umber | Vandyke brown | Venetian red | yellowish brown Brown In Webster's Dictionary \Brown\, a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE.
brun, broun, AS. br?n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br?n, Icel.
br?nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr.
babhru. [root]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish},
{Brunette}.]
Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or
yellow.
Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow.
{Brown Bess}, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket,
with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.
{Brown bread}
(a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat
flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham
bread. ``He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt
brown bread and garlic.'' --Shak.
(b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or
of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.]
{Brown coal}, wood coal. See {Lignite}.
{Brown hematite} or {Brown iron ore} (Min.), the hydrous iron
oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See {Limonite}.
{Brown holland}. See under {Holland}.
{Brown paper}, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping
paper, made of unbleached materials.
{Brown spar} (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in
part identical with ankerite.
{Brown stone}. See {Brownstone}.
{Brown stout}, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor.
{Brown study}, a state of mental abstraction or serious
reverie. --W. Irving.
\Brown\, n. A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue. \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browning}.] 1. To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. --Barlow. 2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. 3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure. \Brown\, v. i. To become brown. |
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