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brank


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brank  \Brank\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  hold  up  and  toss  the  head;  --  applied  to  horses  as 
  spurning  the  bit.  [Scot.  &  Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  2.  To  prance;  to  caper.  [Scot.]  --Jamieson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brank  \Brank\,  n.  [Prov.  of  Celtic  origin;  cf  L.  brance,  brace, 
  the  Gallic  name  of  a  particularly  white  kind  of  corn.] 
  Buckwheat.  [Local,  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brank  \Brank\,  Branks  \Branks\,  n.  [Cf.  Gael.  brangus  brangas 
  a  sort  of  pillory,  Ir  brancas  halter,  or  D.  pranger  fetter.] 
  1.  A  sort  of  bridle  with  wooden  side  pieces.  [Scot.  &  Prov. 
  Eng.]  --Jamieson. 
 
  2.  A  scolding  bridle,  an  instrument  formerly  used  for 
  correcting  scolding  women.  It  was  an  iron  frame 
  surrounding  the  head  and  having  a  triangular  piece 
  entering  the  mouth  of  the  scold.