'Browning' definitions:

Definition of 'Browning'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn: Browning, Robert Browning]
noun
English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
noun
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]

Definition of 'Browning'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Browning'

From: GCIDE
  • 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, MT -- U.S. town in Montana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Browning, MT -- U.S. town in Montana
Population (2000) :
1065
Housing Units (2000) :
409
Land area (2000) :
0.272297 sq. miles (0.705246 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.272297 sq. miles (0.705246 sq. km)
FIPS code :
10375
Located within :
Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location :
48.556917 N, 113.014571 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Browning, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Browning, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000) :
130
Housing Units (2000) :
63
Land area (2000) :
0.310239 sq. miles (0.803515 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.310239 sq. miles (0.803515 sq. km)
FIPS code :
08953
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
40.129321 N, 90.372441 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Browning, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Browning, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000) :
317
Housing Units (2000) :
177
Land area (2000) :
0.524400 sq. miles (1.358189 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.524400 sq. miles (1.358189 sq. km)
FIPS code :
08884
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
40.034934 N, 93.160443 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
64630
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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