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Webster 1913 Edition
Brand
Brand
,Noun.
1.
A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
Snatching a live
brand
from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey.
2.
A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
[Poetic]
Tennyson.
Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming
Waved over by that flaming
brand
. Milton.
3.
A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; – also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade;
as, a good
. brand
of flour4.
A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
The
brand
of private vice. Channing.
5.
An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
6.
(Bot.)
Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order
Pucciniæi
. Brand
,Verb.
T.
[
. imp. & p. p.
Branded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Branding
.]1.
To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).
2.
To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
3.
Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
The Inquisition
branded
its victims with infamy. Prescott.
There were the enormities,
branded
and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. South.
4.
To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
As if it were
branded
on my mind. Geo. Eliot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brand
BRAND
,Noun.
1.
A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.2.
A sword, either from brandishing, or from its glittering brightness; now obsolete,unless in poetry.3.
A thunder-bolt.4.
A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a criminal, or upon a cask; a stigma; any note of infamy.BRAND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To fix a mark or character of infamy, in allusion to the branding of criminals; to stigmatize as infamous; as, to brand a vice with infamy.Definition 2024
bränd
bränd
Swedish
Adjective
bränd
Declension
| Inflection of bränd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bränd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | bränt | — | — |
| Plural | brända | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | brände | — | — |
| All | brända | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||