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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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, either from brandishing, or from its glittering brightness; now obsolete,unless in poetry.
3. A thunder-bolt.
4. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a criminal, or upon a cask; a stigma; any note of infamy.
BRAND, v.t. To burn or impress a mark with a hot iron; as, to brand a criminal, by way of punishment; or to brand a cask or any thing else, for the purpose of fixing a mark upon it.
1. To fix a mark or character of infamy, in allusion to the branding of criminals; to stigmatize as infamous; as, to brand a vice with infamy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque]
2: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make]
3: identification mark on skin, made by burning
4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand]
5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain]
6: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel] v
1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
2: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark]
3: mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark]
4: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post, brand]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, torch, sword, from Old English; akin to Old English bærnan to burn Date: before 12th century 1. a. a charred piece of wood b. firebrand 1 c. something (as lightning) that resembles a firebrand 2. sword 3. a. (1) a mark made by burning with a hot iron to attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership (2) a printed mark made for similar purposes ; trademark b. (1) a mark put on criminals with a hot iron (2) a mark of disgrace ; stigma <the brand of poverty> 4. a. a class of goods identified by name as the product of a single firm or manufacturer ; make b. a characteristic or distinctive kind <a lively brand of theater> c. brand name 2 5. a tool used to produce a brand II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to mark with a brand 2. to mark with disapproval ; stigmatize <he was branded a coward> 3. to impress indelibly <brand the lesson on his mind> • brander noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a particular make of goods. b an identifying trade mark, label, etc. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a special or characteristic kind (brand of humour). 3 an identifying mark burned on livestock or (formerly) prisoners etc. with a hot iron. 4 an iron used for this. 5 a piece of burning, smouldering, or charred wood. 6 a stigma; a mark of disgrace. 7 poet. a a torch. b a sword. 8 a kind of blight, leaving leaves with a burnt appearance. --v.tr. 1 mark with a hot iron. 2 stigmatize; mark with disgrace (they branded him a liar; was branded for life). 3 impress unforgettably on one's mind. 4 assign a trademark or label to. Phrases and idioms: brand-new completely or obviously new. Derivatives: brander n. Etymology: OE f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brand Brand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding.]. 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. The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. --Prescott. There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. --South. 4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. As if it were branded on my mind. --Geo. Eliot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brand Brand, n. [OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. [root]32. See Burn, v. t., and cf. Brandish.] 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. --Palfrey. 2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] --Tennyson. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. --Milton. 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. The brand of private vice. --Channing. 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 Puccini[ae]i.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(brands, branding, branded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A brand of a product is the version of it that is made by one particular manufacturer. Winston is a brand of cigarette... I bought one of the leading brands. ...a supermarket's own brand. = make N-COUNT: oft N of n, adj N 2. A brand of something such as a way of thinking or behaving is a particular kind of it. The British brand of socialism was more interested in reform than revolution. = strain N-COUNT: N of n 3. If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing. I was instantly branded as a rebel... The company has been branded racist by some of its own staff... The US administration recently branded him a war criminal. = label VERB: be V-ed as n, be V-ed adj, V n n, also V n as n, V n adj 4. When you brand an animal, you put a permanent mark on its skin in order to show who it belongs to, usually by burning a mark onto its skin. The owner couldn't be bothered to brand the cattle. VERB: V n • Brand is also a noun. A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron. N-COUNT 5. A brand is a permanent mark on the skin of an animal, which shows who it belongs to. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

In the double signification of an object on fire and of objects used to feed a fire. The first meaning is expressed by 'udh, "a bent stick" for stirring fire (Am 4:11; Zec 3:2; compare Isa 7:4); the second by lappidh, in Jud 15:4,5. A third meaning is found in ziqah, indicating the brand as a spreader of fire (Pr 26:18).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Fire-brand. 2. Thunderbolt, lightning-flash, bolt. 3. Mark (of a hot iron). 4. Kind, quality, grade. 5. Stigma, stain, reproach. See blot. 6. (Poetical.) Sword. II. v. a. 1. Mark (with a hot iron), mark as a criminal. 2. Stigmatize, denounce, gibbet.

Foolish Dictionary

Something carried on the hip, by either beast or man. Can be found on the outside of a short, red steer, or the inside of a long, black bottle.

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