Brown

brown, adj. of a dark or dusky colour, inclining to red or yellow: dark-complexioned: sunburnt.— n. a dark-reddish colour: ( slang ) a copper.— v.t. to make brown, or give a brown colour to: to roast brown.— ns. Brown′-be , the old British flint-lock musket—from the brown walnut stock; Brown′-bill , a foot-soldier's or watchman's halbert, painted brown; Brown′-bread , bread of a brown colour, made of unbolted flour; Brown′-coal , commonly called Lignite , an imperfect kind of coal which exhibits more of its woody structure than ordinary coal; Brown′-George , a hard biscuit: a brown earthen ve el; Brown′ing , the proce of imparting a brown colour to iron articles: a preparation for giving a brown colour to gravy, ., or for dre ing brown leather.— adj. Brown′ish .— ns. Brown′ne ; Brown′-pā′per , coarse and strong paper used chiefly for wrapping; Brown′-spar , a name given to certain varieties of dolomite or magnesian limestone, distinguished by their brownish colour; Brown′-stout , a kind of porter; Brown′-stud′y , gloomy reverie: absent-mindedne .— adj. Brown′y ( Shak. ), of a brown colour.— To do brown ( slang ), to do thoroughly, to deceive or take in completely. [A.S. brún ; Dut. bruin , Ger. braun .]