King James Bible Dictionary

BRAND, noun

1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

2. A sword, either from brandishing, or from its glittering brightness; now obsolete, unless in poetry.

3. A thunder-bolt.

4. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a criminal, or upon a cask; a stigma; any note of infamy.

BRAND, verb transitive To burn or impress a mark with a hot iron; as, to brand a criminal, by way of punishment; or to brand a cask or any thing else, for the purpose of fixing a mark upon it.

1. To fix a mark or character of infamy, in allusion to the branding of criminals; to stigmatize as infamous; as, to brand a vice with infamy.

BRAND'ED, participle passive Marked with a hot iron; stigmatized.

BRAND'-GOOSE, noun A species of Anas, or the goose kind; usually called in America brant or brent.

BRAND'ING, participle present tense Impressing a mark with a hot iron; fixing a stigma or mark of reproach.

BRAND'-IRON

BRAND'ING-IRON, noun An iron to brand with.

BRAND'ISH, verb transitive

1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise, and move in various directions; to shake or flourish; as, to brandish a sword or a cane. It often indicates threatening.

2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.

BRAND'ISHED, participle passive Raised and waved in the air with a flourish.

BRAND'ISHER, noun One who brandishes.

BRAND'ISHING, participle present tense Raising and waving in the air; flourishing.

BRAND'LING, noun A kind of worm.

BRAND'-NEW, adjective Quite new; bright as a brand of fire.

BRAN'DY, noun An ardent spirit distilled from wine. The same name is now given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the U. States particularly to that which is distilled from cyder and peaches.

BRAN'DY-WINE, noun Brandy.