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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Brand

Brănd, n.

noun

n. [Also brond. A-S. brand, brond, brand, sword, from brinnan, byrnan, beornan, to burn; D., Dan., Sw., & Ger. brand, brand, Icel. brandr, a brand, and the blade of a sword, O. Fr. brant, branc, bran, Pr. bran, brenc, It. brando, the blade of a sword.]

Sense 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.

Sense 2. A sword, so called from its glittering brightness. [Poet.]

Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton.

Sense 3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, &c., of the contents; hence, figuratively, quality; kind; as, a good brand of flour; ale of a certain brand.

Sense 4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron; hence, any mark of infamy; a stigma. “The brand of private vice.” Channing.

Sense 5. A disease in vegetables, by which their leaves and tender bark are partially destroyed, as if burnt; called also burn.

Brănd, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BRANDED; p. pr. & vb. n. BRANDING.]

  1. To burn or impress a mark with a hot iron; as, to brand a criminal, by way of punishment; to brand a cask, or any thing else, for the purpose of fixing a mark upon it.
  2. To fix a mark or character of infamy upon; to stigmatize as infamous. “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.