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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brand \Brand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Branded}; p. pr & vb n. {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. --Prescott. There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. --South. 4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. As if it were branded on my mind. --Geo. Eliot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brand \Brand\, n. [OE. brand, brond, AS brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan beornan to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. [root]32. See {Burn}, v. t., and cf {Brandish}.] 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. --Palfrey. 2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] --Tennyson. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. --Milton. 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. --Channing. 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 {Puccini[ae]i}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brand n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: {trade name}, {marque}, {label}] 2: a recognizable kind "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: {make}] 3: identification mark on skin, made by burning 4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: {firebrand}] 5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: {mark}, {stigma}, {stain}] 6: a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade [syn: {sword}, {blade}, {steel}] v 1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals 2: to accuse or condemn openly or formally: "He denounced the government action." [syn: {stigmatize}, {denounce}, {mark}] 3: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: {post}]
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