n. [ OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br&unr_;to flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br&unr_;&unr_; flesh, food of beasts, AS. br&unr_;de roast meat, br&unr_;dan to roast, G. braten, and possibly to E. breed. ] 1. A muscle; flesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm. [ 1913 Webster ] Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A boar. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
