Brown

a.	1.	Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. - Longfellow. Brown Bess the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. Brown bread a - Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. b - Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. - Shak. Brown coal wood coal. See Lignite. Brown hematite (Min.) the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite. Brown holland See under Holland. Brown paper dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials. Brown spar (Min.) a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. Brown stone See Brownstone. Brown stout a strong kind of porter or malt liquor. Brown study a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. - W. Irving.
n.	1.	A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
v. t.	1.	To make brown or dusky. [imp. & p. p. Browned ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Browning.] A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. - Barlow.
	2.	To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
	3.	To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
v. i.	1.	To become brown.

Noun	1.	brown - an orange of low brightness and saturation Synonyms: brownness
	2.	Brown - Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) Synonyms: Robert Brown
	3.	Brown - abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) Synonyms: John Brown
	4.	Brown - a university in Rhode Island Synonyms: Brown University
Verb	1.	brown - fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"
Adj.	1.	brown - of a color similar to that of wood or earth Synonyms: brownish, dark-brown

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