English English Dictionary

A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.

A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.

An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.

Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.

To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).

A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

A trivet to set a pot on.

A branding iron.

The horizontal bar of an andiron.

One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.

of Brand

A gridiron.

One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.

Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

of Brandy

of Brand

An iron to brand with.

To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.

To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.