Meaning of BROWNING
| Pronunciation: | | 'braûneeng, 'brawning
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- [n] cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
- [n] English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
- [n] English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
- [n] United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called `The Peacemaker') (1855-1926)
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| | Synonyms: | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning, Robert Browning, toasting |
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| | See Also: | | artificer, cookery, cooking, discoverer, inventor, poet, preparation | |
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| | Definition: | | \Brown"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
barrels, etc.
2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
plaster.
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