BRAME, br[=a]m, _n._ (_Spens._) sharp passion, longing. [It. _brama_.]

BRAN, bran, _n._ the refuse of grain: the inner husks of corn sifted from

the flour: the coarser part of anything.--_n._ BRAN'FULNESS.--_adj._

BRAN'NY. [O. Fr. _bran_, bran; prob. Celt.]