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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brat \Brat\ (br[a^]t), n. [OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS bratt
cloak, fr the Celtic; cf W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat
cloak, apron, rag, Ir brat cloak; properly then, a child's
bib or clout; hence a child.]
1. A coarse garment or cloak; also coarse clothing, in
general. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a
bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Wright.
3. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense
but now usually in a contemptuous sense ``This brat is
none of mine.'' --Shak. ``A beggar's brat.'' --Swift.
O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's
brats! O brood of blessed seed! --Gascoigne.
4. The young of an animal. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brat \Brat\, n. (Mining)
A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brat
n : a very troublesome child [syn: {terror}, {little terror}, {holy
terror}]
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