Browning
['braʊnɪŋ]
['braʊnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861).
(noun.) English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889).
(noun.) United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926).
Checked by Klaus--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brown
(n.) The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.
(n.) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
Edited by Emily
Examples
- The new poet; the coming Tennyson, the future Browning. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A certain picture by Dürer, a certain poem of Browning's, convey in every detail the feeling of dauntless resolution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mose done, Mas'r George, said Aunt Chloe, lifting the lid and peeping in,--browning beautiful--a real lovely brown. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Naomi