n. [ OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. √32. See Burn, v. t., and cf. Brandish. ] 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [ Poetic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brand of private vice. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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). [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if it were branded on my mind. Geo. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia. ] A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. Smollett. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgås. Cf. Brant. ] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

An iron to brand with. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The horizontal bar of an andiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brandished p. pr. & vb. n. Brandishing. ] [ OE. braundisen, F. brandir, fr. brand a sword, fr. OHG. brant brand. See Brand, n. ] 1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. “Brandishes of the fan.” Tailer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brandishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ F. brandiller. ] To shake; to totter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. (Zool.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Brand, and cf. Brannew. ] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brandies [ From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand. ] A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brandy. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) See 1st Bunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. surtarbrandr; svartr black + brandr a firebrand. ] A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood. [ 1913 Webster ]