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[syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat,
Icel. brattr, steep.]
1. Steep; high. [Obs.]
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Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that
ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
--Ascham.
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2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
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Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brand goose \Brand" goose`\ [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf.
Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. Brant.] (Zool.)
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in
America brant. See Brant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent,
Brenicle.] (Zool.)
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also
brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other
related species.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brant \Brant\, a. [See Brent.]
Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brant
n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate
southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent
goose]