v. i. [ Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver. ] To shiver; to have chills. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., Brush, n. ] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed,
On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n.
n. Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. brost, broust, sprout, shoot, F. brout browse, browsewood, prob. fr. OHG. burst, G. borste, bristle; cf. also Armor. brousta to browse. See Bristle, n., Brush, n. ] The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sheep, goats, and oxen, and the nobler steed,
On browse, and corn, and flowery meadows feed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fields . . . browsed by deep-uddered kine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n.
n. Shrubs and bushes upon which animals browse. [ 1913 Webster ]