1. [n]  that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
2. [n]  that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
3. [n]  mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
4. [n]  the brain of certain animals used as meat
5. [n]  someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
6. [v]  kill by smashing someone's skull
7. [v]  hit on the head

Brain
"Brain" was published in January 1982 by Econo-Clad Books. This English language hardcover edition was authored by Robin Cook. This title is categorized in the Library of Congress as 'Suspense fiction' and 'Medical novels.'

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1. \Brain\, n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen, br[ae]gen; akin
   to LG. br["a]gen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr. ?, the
   upper part of head, if ? =?. [root]95.]
   1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the
      nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and
      volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony
      cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior
      termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from
      three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected
      with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the
      vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and
      the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments,
      the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
   Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part
         of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to
         overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the
         hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the
         midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into
         irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves
         (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two
         hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the
         longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of
         nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two
         halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under
         side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii.
   2. (Zo["o]l.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects
      and other invertebrates.
   3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.
      `` My brain is too dull.'' --Sir W. Scott.
   Note: In this sense, often used in the plural.
   4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak.
   {To have on the brain}, to have constantly in one's thoughts,
      as a sort of monomania. [Low]
   {Brain box} or {case}, the bony on cartilaginous case
      inclosing the brain.
   {Brain coral}, {Brain stone coral} (Zo["o]l), a massive
      reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges
      separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the
      surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera
      {M[ae]andrina} and {Diploria}.
   {Brain fag} (Med.), brain weariness. See {Cerebropathy}.
   {Brain fever} (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially
      affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever.
   {Brain sand}, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland.
   

2. \Brain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brained}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Braining}.]
   1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the
      brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to
      defeat.
            There thou mayst brain him.           --Shak.
            It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That
            brained my purpose.                   --Shak.
   2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
            ?T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
            Tongue, and brain not.                --Shak.