browzed

In their natural condition all soils not absolutely barren are capable of supporting a certain amount of vegetation, and they continue to do so for an unlimited period, because the whole of the substances extracted from them are again restored, either directly by the decay of the plants, or indirectly by the droppings of the wild animals which have browzed upon them.

Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson

And these, while low, are kept so closely browzed by grazing animals, that they appear more like box bushes, kept artificially and closely trimmed in grotesque shapes, than anything like the natural and majestic growth of this tree, as seen in lower South Carolina.

Agricultural, Geological, and Descriptive Sketches of Lower North Carolina, and the Similar Adjacent Lands 1861

But I suspect that they had no "children's books," and that their eager minds "browzed undisturbed among the wholesome pasturage of English literature," as

Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

“browzed undisturbed among the wholesome pasturage of English literature,” as Charles Lamb expresses it.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

Chedder cliffs amply repaid us. never did I see a grander scene — immense rocks rising perpendicularly from the glen to such a height that as pains the neck of the spectator, & terminating in the most bold & fantastic manner. large trees grew from the interstices of the stone & the sheep browzed on the edge of every precipice. a stream of water cold & clear flows from under the rocks where we paused to drink & pour libations to the Naiad. on a similar spring at Chilcompton Coleridge has written a very beautiful poem.

Letter 98 1798

"browzed undisturbed among the wholesome pasturage of English literature," as Charles Lamb expresses it.

Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists Various 1918