Bran
[bræn]
Definition
(noun.) food prepared from the husks of cereal grains.
(noun.) broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
Typist: Lucinda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
(n.) The European carrion crow.
Typist: Natalie
Definition
n. the refuse of grain: the inner husks of corn sifted from the flour: the coarser part of anything.—n. Bran′fulness.—adj. Bran′ny.
Typist: Millie
Examples
- The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He thinks it is like bran, raised with sour yeast. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This portion of the grain was formerly unseparated, and was mixed with the middlings and bran as an inferior product. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Of these 15 had ensilage and straw only; 8 had ensilage and straw with grain, usually four quarts of bran added daily; and 9 ensilage, hay, and grain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- However, do just look at my nice, little, bran-new red cloak. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Two half-quartern brans; pound of best fresh; piece of double Glo'ster; and, to wind up all, some of the richest sort you ever lushed! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Stacey