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Webster 1913 Edition
Brawn
Brawn
,Noun.
[OF.
braon
fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br[GREEK]to
flesh, G. braten
roast meat; akin to Icel. br[GREEK][GREEK]
flesh, food of beasts, AS. br
[GREEK]de roast meat, br[GREEK]dan
to roast, G. braten
, and possibly to E. breed
.] 1.
A muscle; flesh.
[Obs.]
Formed well of
brawns
and of bones. Chaucer.
2.
Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn
without brains is thine. Dryden.
It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the
brawn
of the left hand. E. Hall.
And in my vantbrace put this withered
brawn
. Shakespeare
3.
The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for
brawn
. Mortimer.
4.
A boar.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brawn
BRAWN
,Noun.
1.
The flesh of a boar, or the animal.2.
The fleshy, protuberant, muscular part of the body.3.
Bulk; muscular strength.4.
The arm, from its muscles or strength.