Bran

bran, n. The coat of the seed of wheat, rye, etc-, separated from the flour by bolting refuse sifted out of flour or meal. [W., bran, huak chaff; P., dung, dirt.] — Bran new, corrupt, of branch — Bran'ny.-nT, a. Of or resembling bran. Branch, branch, «. A limb; a bough growing from a stem, or from another bough; a part extended from the main body of athiry*. as a stream running into a larger one; a ramification a section or subdivision department; a line of family descent, in distinction fr. other lines the same stock. (Law.) A warrant or commi ion given to a nilot.— v. [branched (brancht). branching.] To spread in branches, ramify; to divide into subdivisions. —v. To divide as into branches. [F. brtmche, a branch, W. braich, L.brachium, an arm, brunch.] — To branch out. To speak diffusively, or with many words. — Moot and branch. Entirely. — Branchle , a. Without branches. — Brancb/y. a. Full of,, etc. — Branch'ine , n.— Brancb/let, n. Little branch; twig.