Brown-Btudy

brown'-stud'i, n. gloomy reverie absent-mindedne . Browse, browz, v and v. to feed on the shoots or leaves of plants. [O. Fr brouster( Fr. brouter — hrotiit a sprout also Celt See Brush.] Bruin, brfiTi'in, a bear, so called from its brown colour. [I )ut bruin Ger. braun brown. Bruise, brGo/. v to break or crush to reduce to small fragments — n a wound made by anything heavy and blunt. [O. Fr. bruiser from O. Ger bu’sten to burst Bruiser, biTOz'er, n one that bruises: a boxer. Bruit, brdTit, something noised abroad a rumour or report —v to noise abroad to report [Fr. bunt — Fr. bruire cf. Low L. btugitus, Gr. brucko to roar prob. imitative