brant

6 definitions found

brant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat,
     Icel. brattr, steep.]
     1. Steep; high. [Obs.]
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              Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that
              ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
                                                    --Ascham.
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     2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
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              Your bonnie brow was brent.           --Burns.
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  Brand goose \Brand" goose`\ [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf.
     Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. Brant.] (Zool.)
     A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in
     America brant. See Brant.
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  Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent,
     Brenicle.] (Zool.)
     A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also
     brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other
     related species.
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  Brant \Brant\, a. [See Brent.]
     Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
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brant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  brant
      n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate
           southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose
           ]

brant - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Brant, MI
    Zip code(s): 48614