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Definition of Brand
| n. | 1. | A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. | | 2. | A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. | | 3. | A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; - also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour. | | 4. | A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. | | 5. | An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. | | 6. | (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi. | | v. t. | 1. | To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). | | 2. | To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. | | 3. | Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. | | 4. | To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. |
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