{ Brand"ling (&?;), Brand"lin (&?;) }, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm.
Brand"-new" (&?;), a. [See Brand, and cf. Brannew.] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
Brand" spore` (&?;). (Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.
Bran"dy (&?;), n.; pl. Brandies (&?;). [From older brandywine, brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn, distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand.] A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
Bran"dy*wine` (&?;), n. Brandy. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Bran"gle (&?;), n. [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl. √95.> ] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.]
A brangle between him and his neighbor.
Swift.
Bran"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brangled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling (&?;).] To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]