brawn
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- possessing muscular strengthSynonyms: brawninessmusclemuscularitysinewheftiness
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Brawn \Brawn\, n. [OF. braon fleshy part, muscle, fr. HG. br?to flesh, G. braten roast meat; akin to Icel. br?? flesh, food of beasts, AS. br?de roast meat, br?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]