Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle. ] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also
a. [ See Brent. ] Steep. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 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 ]