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brank
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?æ?k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Etymology 1
Compare Gaelic brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Irish brancas, halter, or Dutch pranger, fetter.
Noun
brank (plural branks)
- (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
- (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect, usually in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Verb
brank (third-person singular simple present branks, present participle branking, simple past and past participle branked)
- To put someone in the branks
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
- (Scotland) To prance; to caper.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Probably of Celtic origin; compare Latin brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.
Noun
brank (uncountable)
- (Britain, dialect) buckwheat
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Anagrams
- Bankr., bankr.
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brans
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ænz/
Noun
brans
- plural of bran
Anagrams
- barns
Catalan
Noun
brans
- plural of bran
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