Bran

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The European carrion crow.

II. Bran ·noun The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

Related Words

Bran-new
·adj ·see Brand-new. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bran-faced
Freckled. He was christened by a baker, he carries the bran in his face. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bran-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new. This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bran, to
To go on; to lie under a floe edge, in foggy weather, in a boat in Arctic seas, to watch the approac...

The Sailor's Word-Book
bran-new
Quite new: said of a sail which has never been bent. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book