*brant*

‖ [ F., shaded enamel. ] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle. ] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Brent. ] Steep. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep. ] 1. Steep; high. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For brand-fox; cf. G. brandfuchs, Sw. bradräf. So called from its yellowish brown and somewhat black color. See Brand. ] (Zool.) A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (Vulpes vulgaris), but probably a variety of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. celebrans, p. pr. of celebrare. See Celebrate. ] One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. obumbrans, p. pr. ] (Zool.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. terebrans, -antis, p. pr. ] (Zool.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies. [ 1913 Webster ]