BRENT

brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose

(noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

brent (plural brents)

Alternative form of brant

Adjective

brent (comparative more brent, superlative most brent)

Alternative form of brant

Verb

brent

Obsolete spelling of burnt.

Etymology

From place names in Devon and Somerset, Celtic or Old English "hill".

Proper noun

Brent

A habitational surname.

A male given name from surnames, of 20th century and later usage.

A small river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames at Brentford.

A London borough in North London, England, created in 1965 from the merger of the boroughs of Wembley and Willesden.

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Brent, imp. & p.p.

Definition: of Bren. Burnt. [Obs.]

Brent, n. Etym: [Cf. Brant.]

Definition: A brant. See Brant.

BREN

Bren, Bren"ne, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Brent (p. pr. & vb. n. Brenning.] Etym: [See Burn.]

Definition: To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne.

Bren, n.

Definition: Bran. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BRENNE

Bren, Bren"ne, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Brent (p. pr. & vb. n. Brenning.] Etym: [See Burn.]

Definition: To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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