Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A dialectal form of burn.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. Same as brun, a brook.

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Examples

  • However there are "brun" beers too, nice and malty and richly flavoured.

    Archive 2007-06-01 MadeleineS 2007

  • However there are "brun" beers too, nice and malty and richly flavoured.

    Brussels at last! MadeleineS 2007

  • Maska pav/brun sliced horizontally and buttered generously, then sliced into fingers just about to hold all digits together.

    Meme : Table Talk Anjali 2008

  • I love brun and so does my Dad - thanks for this recipe!

    Brun, Broon or Kadak Pao Anjali 2008

  • Here in the photo we can see the curs following after their pack leader, happily wagging their tails and waiting for their chance to … umm … faire la nez brun.

    No Justice on Memorial Day « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • Maska pav/brun sliced horizontally and buttered generously, then sliced into fingers just about to hold all digits together.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Anjali 2008

  • Now this snack is normally made with any type of stale bread, like sliced, brun, mumbai pao.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Anjali 2007

  • We stayed on rent next to Mehboob Studios a few years back, much before Marziya was born, and Good Luck was my morning haunt for black tea , brun maska.

    Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009

  • The palette was set as follows: Black, verte emeraude, raw umber, cobalt, laque ordinaire, brun rouge or light red, yellow ochre, and white the colors being placed on the palette in this order from left to right.

    Carolus Duran’s Method James Gurney 2009

  • The negatives Freund had taped to her body in escaping Germany appeared in Le Livre brun in 1933 and were reproduced throughout the world.

    Gis��le Freund. 2009

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