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Brown
Brown 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.
BrownBrown 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
Brown Brown, v. i.
To become brown.
Meaning of Brown from wikipedia
- Brown is a composite color. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is made by combining red, black, and yellow, or red, yellow, and...
- James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor...
- Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode...
- Brown-brown is a purported form of cocaine or amphetamine insufflation mixed with smokeless gunpowder. This powder often contains nitroglycerin, a drug...
- Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his...
- James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player, sports analyst and actor. He was a fullback for the...
- A brown dwarf is a type of substellar object that has a m**** between those of the heaviest gas giant planets and the least m****ive stars, i.e., approximately...
- On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by 28-year-old white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the city...
- The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes...
- Brown ale is a style of beer with a dark amber or brown colour. The term was first used by London brewers in the late 17th century to describe their products...
