- Brown study
- Brown Brown (broun), 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.
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Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
