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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] Formed well of brawns and of bones. --Chaucer. 2. Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes the arm. Brawn without brains is thine. --Dryden. It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. --E. Hall. And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. --Shak. 3. The flesh of a boar; also the salted and prepared flesh of a boar. 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. 4. A boar. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brawn n : muscular strength [syn: {muscle}, {sinew}]
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