Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the appearance of bran; consisting of bran.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran.
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- adjective resembling
bran
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Examples
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When I would rub the parts affected a kind of branny scale would fall off.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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And on the way back to Western Europe his system slowly returned to normal, branny BMs, healthful and mild.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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And on the way back to Western Europe his system slowly returned to normal, branny BMs, healthful and mild.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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And on the way back to Western Europe his system slowly returned to normal, branny BMs, healthful and mild.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Whacking away the branny outer layer removes fiber, magnesium, and more vitamins.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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Whacking away the branny outer layer removes fiber, magnesium, and more vitamins.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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And as soon as the Harp began to play and the Mouse and the Bum-clock to dance, there wasn't a man or woman, or a thing in the fair, that didn't begin to dance also; and the pots and pans, and the wheels and reels jumped and jigged, all over the town, and Jack himself and the branny cow were as bad as the next.
Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore Laure Claire [Editor] Foucher
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After a few days, a scurf or branny scales will begin to form on the skin.
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Coarsely ground, sharp branny particles in bread irritate the intestines, and cause excessive waste of nutriment; but finely ground wheatmeal is free from this objection, and is beneficial in preventing constipation.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan
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"Jack," she said one night, "go over in the morning to the fair to sell the branny cow."
Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore Laure Claire [Editor] Foucher
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