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Brank [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Buckwheat, a species of polygonum; a grain cultivated mostly for beasts and poultry; but in the U. States, the flour is much used for making breakfast cakes.

2. In some parts of England and Scotland, a scolding-bridle, an instrument for correcting scolding women. It consists of a headpiece, which incloses the head of the offender, and of a sharp iron which enters the mouth and restrains the tongue.

Brank [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Buckwheat.

2. Alt. of Branks

Brank [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

2. To prance; to caper.

Branks [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

Brankursine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bear's-breech, or acanthus, a genus of plants of several species. The leaves of the common sort are said to have furnished the model of the Corinthian capitals.

Brankursine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.