Brawling

The act of quarrelling; wrangling. Brawl'ing, a. Quarrelling; noisy; quarrelsome. "It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." - Prov. χαί. 9. manner. Brawl'ingly, adv . In a wrangling or quarrelsome Brawn, ( bran ,) n. [A. S. bâr, a boar, pl. båren , pronounced bawren , whence by transposition brawn .] The flesh of a boar; also the prepared and salted flesh of the wild boar or domestic hog, generally made from the head, cheeks, tongue, ears, .; a mayonnaise of pork. The cities of Cambridge and Canterbury, in England, are celebrated for this delicacy. "The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to fell him for brawn." - Mortimer. -The fleshy, muscular part of the body; bulk; muscular strength or power. "But most their looks on the black monarch bend, His rising muscles and his brawn commend." - Dryden. Brawn'er, n. A boar killed for the table. "Then if you would send up the brawner head, Sweet rosemary and bays around it spread." - King. Brawn'ine , n. Strength; muscular power; hard i ne . "This brawnine and insensibility of mind is the best armor against the common evils and accidents of life.". Locke. -Good; excellent; grand; lofty; gallant; dignified; Brawn'y, a . Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; as, a showy; as, brave apparel. "Tell how Horatius kept the bridge, In the brave days of old." - Macaulay. n. Literally, a blusterer, a bully; whence, a man daring beyond discretion or decency; as, an Indian brave. "Morat's too insolent, too much a brave, His courage to his envy is a slave." - Dryden. .a. To set boastfully at defiance; to challenge; to encounter with courage and fortitude. "The ills of love, not those of fate, I fear; These I can brave , but those I cannot bear." - Dryden. Bravely, adv . Courageously; gallantly; heroically. "Your valour bravely did th' a ault sustain." -Convalescent; recovered from illne ; as, he's getting on bravely.