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Webster 1913 Edition

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(brouz)
,
Noun.
[OF.
brost
,
broust
, sprout, shoot, F.
brout
browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG.
burst
, G.
borste
, bristle; cf. also Armor.
brousta
to browse. See
Bristle
,
Noun.
,
Brush
,
Noun.
]
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.
Spenser.
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed,
On
browse
, and corn, and flowery meadows feed.
Dryden.

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,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Browsed
(brouzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Browsing
.]
[For
broust
, OF.
brouster
,
bruster
, F.
brouter
. See
Browse
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Brut
.]
1.
To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; – said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou
browsedst
.
Shakespeare
2.
To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Fields . . .
browsed
by deep-uddered kine.
Tennyson.

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(brouz)
,
Verb.
I.
1.
To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
2.
To pasture; to feed; to nibble; to graze.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

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BROWSE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [Gr. to eat or browse; food, but probably these words may be from sprouts.]
To eat the ends of branches of trees and shrubs or the young shoots, as cattle, or deer.

BROWSE

,
Verb.
I.
s as z. To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs and trees, as cattle,sheep and goats.

BROWSE

,
Noun.
brows. The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals.

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