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browning
(encz) | browning,hnědnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Browning
(gcide) | Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Browning.]
1. To make brown or dusky.
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A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
--Barlow.
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2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
flour.
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3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.
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Browning
(gcide) | Browning \Brown"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
barrels, etc.
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2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
plaster.
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browning
(wn) | Browning
n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, {John M.
Browning}, John Moses Browning]
2: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted
for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn: Browning,
Robert Browning]
3: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her
husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
4: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
"proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
[syn: toasting, browning] |
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Browning
(gcide) | Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Browning.]
1. To make brown or dusky.
[1913 Webster]
A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
--Barlow.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
flour.
[1913 Webster]
3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Browning \Brown"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
barrels, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
plaster.
[1913 Webster] |
Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
Colt-Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
browning automatic rifle
(wn) | Browning automatic rifle
n 1: a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas
pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by
United States troops in World War I and in World War II and
in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR] |
browning machine gun
(wn) | Browning machine gun
n 1: a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500
rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World
War II and the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun,
Peacemaker] |
elizabeth barrett browning
(wn) | Elizabeth Barrett Browning
n 1: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to
her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning] |
john m. browning
(wn) | John M. Browning
n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, {John M.
Browning}, John Moses Browning] |
john moses browning
(wn) | John Moses Browning
n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, {John M.
Browning}, John Moses Browning] |
robert browning
(wn) | Robert Browning
n 1: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn:
Browning, Robert Browning] |
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