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Brand   /brænd/   Listen
noun
Brand  n.  
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."
2.
A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. (Poetic) "Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand."
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.
4.
A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. "The brand of private vice."
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 Pucciniaei.


verb
Brand  v. t.  (past & past part. branded; pres. part. 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." "There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity."
4.
To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. "As if it were branded on my mind."





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"Brand" Quotes from Famous Books



... fault of mine, that I can see. I'll cut and run if I have the chance, for I cannot bear to see others placed over my head, as you and Bill Rayner have been, and to see him walking the quarter-deck in a brand new uniform, and talking to the officers as friendly and easy as if he had been born among them, while I, a gentleman's son, remain a foremast man, with every chance of being one to the ...
— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston
... brand-new, patent, revolution in cycling, record-breaking, Tomfoolishness, whatever it may be, the advertisement of which you have there ...
— Three Men on the Bummel • Jerome K. Jerome
... Mr. Adams bought a brand-new Colt's revolving rifle, that shot seven times, a revolving pistol (as it was termed), and two butcher-knives—one apiece, to be worn thrust through the belt. Charley donned the knife, just to see how it looked (and it looked very business-like), ...
— Gold Seekers of '49 • Edwin L. Sabin
... twenty pounds. (Mr. Perkins had given me an extra month's wages. Mrs. Perkins had supplemented this by half a sovereign, six pairs of socks, three linen shirts, and half a dozen collars; and Mrs. Gabbitas had given me a brand new Bible and Prayer-book, with ornate bindings and perfectly blinding type, and another of the silk handkerchiefs ...
— The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography • A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
... You'll not find any rustled calves with the Seven Mile brand on them. And we don't recognize any prior right. We came here legally. We intend to stay. Every time your riders club a bunch of our sheep, we'll even up on Twin Star cattle. You take my daughter captive; ...
— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine


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