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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bruin \Bru"in\, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of
``Reynard the Fox'' the bear is so called from his color. See
{Brown}, a.]
A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bruin
n 1: a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage
in the old epic "Reynard the Fox"
2: large ferocious bear of Eurasia [syn: {brown bear}, {Ursus
arctos}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bruin, PA (borough, FIPS 9528)
Location: 41.05510 N, 79.72733 W
Population (1990): 646 (262 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16022
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
BRUIN
Brown University Interactive Language.
A simple interactive language with {PL/I}-like {syntax}, for
{IBM 360}.
["Meeting the Computational Requirements of the University,
Brown University Interactive Language", R.G. Munck, Proc 24th
ACM Conf, 1969].
(1995-02-14)
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