BRANTS
BRENT
brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose
(noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
brants
plural of brant
Source: Wiktionary
BRANT
Brant, n. Etym: [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
Brant, a. Etym: [See Brent.]
Definition: Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
Brent, Brant, a. Etym: [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
1. Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.
2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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